Minnesota PCA Posts PolyMet Draft Air Emission Permit
January 24 2018 - 2:49PM
Business Wire
Draft permit is last state permit required for
public meeting
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has informed Poly Met
Mining Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of PolyMet Mining Corp.
(together “PolyMet” or the “company”) TSX: POM; NYSE AMERICAN: PLM
– that it has posted the draft air emission permit and supporting
permit documentation on its website for the NorthMet
copper-nickel-precious metals project.
The draft air emission permit is the last state permit required
for the upcoming public meetings in February.
The agency released the draft air emission permit to tribes and
PolyMet and posted it on its website for public review. As
previously announced by the MPCA, public meetings on the draft air
and water permits and the draft Permit to Mine will be held jointly
with the Department of Natural Resources on February 7 and 8, 2018,
in Aurora and Duluth, respectively. The public comment period for
MPCA’s draft air emission and water permits will begin prior to the
February public meetings. The draft Permit to Mine was released for
public comment by the DNR on January 5, 2018.
The draft air emission permit describes how PolyMet will meet
federal and state air quality regulations and contains conditions
that are enforced by both the state and federal governments. It
identifies the sources on the site that could generate air
emissions, details the conditions under which the company must
operate to control emissions, and sets emission limits, monitoring
and reporting requirements.
“We are delighted to see the last of the major state permits we
have applied for released as draft permits by the state, along with
the draft Section 401 Certification,” said Jon Cherry, president
and CEO. “It has been a long and difficult road, and we look
forward to receiving the agencies’ final decisions on these
permits.”
The draft air emission permit posted by the MPCA, including
related conditions and other permit documentation, are found at
https://www.pca.state.mn.us/northmet.
About PolyMet
PolyMet Mining Corp. (www.polymetmining.com) is a publicly
traded mine development company that owns 100 percent of Poly Met
Mining, Inc., a Minnesota corporation that controls 100 percent of
the NorthMet copper-nickel-precious metals ore body through a
long-term lease and owns 100 percent of the former LTV Steel Mining
Company site, a large processing facility located approximately six
miles from the ore body in the established mining district of the
Mesabi Iron Range in northeastern Minnesota. The NorthMet Final
Environmental Impact Statement was published in November 2015,
preparing the way for decisions on permit applications. NorthMet is
expected to require approximately two million hours of construction
labor, create approximately 360 long-term jobs directly, and
generate a level of activity that will have a significant
multiplier effect in the local economy.
PolyMet Disclosures
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concerning anticipated developments in PolyMet’s operations in the
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conditions or results “will,” “may,” “could,” or “should” occur or
be achieved or their negatives or other comparable words. These
forward-looking statements may include statements regarding the
ability to receive environmental and operating permits, job
creation, and the effect on the local economy, or other statements
that are not a statement of fact. Forward-looking statements
address future events and conditions and therefore involve inherent
known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Actual results may
differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements due
to risks facing PolyMet or due to actual facts differing from the
assumptions underlying its predictions.
PolyMet’s forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs,
expectations and opinions of management on the date the statements
are made, and PolyMet does not assume any obligation to update
forward-looking statements if circumstances or management’s
beliefs, expectations and opinions should change.
Specific reference is made to risk factors and other
considerations underlying forward-looking statements discussed in
PolyMet’s most recent Annual Report on Form 40-F for the
fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, and in our other filings with
Canadian securities authorities and the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, including our Report on Form 6-K providing
information with respect to our operations for the three and nine
months ended October 31, 2017.
The Annual Report on Form 40-F also contains the company’s
mineral resource and other data as required under National
Instrument 43-101.
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the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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