The development of the proposed large scale, cyanide leach gold mine would undermine the integrety of Buckhorn Mountain and contaminate our waters for a pickup truck load of gold. Large scale multinational gold mining threatens the wildlife habitat, natural beauty, economy and quality of life in Okanogan County.

• Shortsighted industrialization of our community would shatter the serenity of the highlands for residents and visitors.
• Water, soil, and air could be contaminated by dust, acid mine drainage, heavy metal toxins and cyanide.
• Human health could be threatened as well asthat of fish, wildlife and fauna.
• The existing tailing impoundment would be expand using the cheapest and unsafe methods.
• Mine shafts would be blasted right into an aquifer.
• Senior water rights could be impaired.
• Public land are privitized and results in the loss of multiple use opportunites.
• Mining companies get rich, pay no royalties for extractions of wealth.
• The public is left to pay the cost to cleanup environmental damage left by the gold industry.

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