Bill could establish a competitive grant program that would provide $10 million a year for eight years to eligible colleges and universities to train the next generation of mining engineers.
Aclara has decided to take more time in order to “fully understand and resolve the remaining issues” and resubmit a revised EIA application for its sole project.
The company calls reaching the Area 51 zone a ‘significant milestone’ in that it allows tightly spaced underground drilling, geologic mapping and grade control sampling to proceed for the first time.
