First Mining Gold CEO Dan Wilton in January talking to TNM’s western editor, Henry Lazenby.
First Mining Gold’s (TSX: FF; US-OTC: FFMGF) Ontario-based Springpole project nears a permitting decision in 12 months, CEO Dan Wilton said.
The project is one of Canada’s most advanced in a key gold-producing area. However, it has been stuck in permitting limbo since it began its environmental assessment in 2018. It is grandfathered under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act of 2012. The application is still under review after a court confirmation in December.
“We’re grandfathered under the old act,” Wilton said in a January interview, “which means that the federal government actually has 365 days statutorily to review the project.”
Recent drilling at Springpole found large areas of valuable mineralization in waste that was once ignored. This reveals a lot of untapped potential, Wilton…
