Laserfiche WebLink
Comment/Objection Narrative* <br /> From:Jeri L Fry and William M Fry <br /> To: Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br /> Date:September 1,2021 <br /> Re: Dawson Gold Mine, Fremont County <br /> We are grateful for the opportunity to comment.We strongly urge you to deny the Permit M2021046 of Zephyr <br /> Minerals LTD to proceed with the Dawson Gold Mine in Fremont County.We have lived here for 6 decades and <br /> have seen other foreign companies scheme to make it rich off our local mineral resources.They have come <br /> and gone.So we know this kind of business model when we see it.This one has made no attempt to prove they <br /> are different; in fact the similarities have raised warning signals that cannot be ignored. <br /> Mining companies come into our county promising dreams of economic upturns and personal investment gains. <br /> The ideas make us happy,they give us hope.They'mine'our desire for better.They'mine'for local investors. <br /> These companies are trading stock already in that fast moving economy. Mining is not a fast moving economy. <br /> Zephy's is not a"current mining"operation but it is a current stock operation.The mission of the Colorado <br /> DRMS is little protection where mining is in the stock exchanges and investors are the'mother lode'. <br /> Nonetheless,allowing or even supporting Zephyr's vision in light of the extensive research exposing the wrong- <br /> headedness of their plan would be a wanton disregard for the citizens and the environment of Fremont County <br /> who have both been here well before Zephyr began to eye our mountains for minerals. <br /> Efforts to extract gold they believe is here,would extract much more from our other natural resources.This is a <br /> short sighted get rich plan on the part of folks from Nova Scotia who don't value our water,our mountains or our <br /> future but do value their standing on the TSX(Toronto Stock Exchange)and clearly are trying to legitimize that <br /> stock to gain investors by appearing to be going into the business of mining gold in Colorado. <br /> Zephyr's business plan is quite similar to other foreign mining companies who have failed here in Fremont <br /> County through the years. Black Range Minerals valued their standing on the ASX(Australian Securities <br /> Exchange)and tried to legitimize that standing by appearing to be going into the uranium mining business in <br /> Colorado. <br /> This type of overzealous interest in Colorado mineral resources goes around like a carousel. In fact, next up we <br /> see Usuran,a budding uranium mining company,cresting the horizon. <br /> Colorado has solid regulators in place to handle legitimate mining operations, but these are foreign mining <br /> investment operations using Colorado resources to play their games. Our resources are valuable and so are <br /> our people and our environments.We,who live here,know best how and when to tap our own resources and <br /> that is our responsibility.We seek your help by asking that you deny the Zephyr Minerals permit M2021046. <br /> Permit Number* <br /> Enter valid letter and then numbers,for example M122112211 or C123456789. <br /> M2021046 <br /> Permitting Action Type <br /> Select revision type or leave blank if comment pertains to a new permit application or NOI <br /> Permit Type <br /> Hard Rock <br /> County <br /> Fremont <br /> Enter one county only <br /> Site Name <br /> Dawson Gold Mine <br /> Perm ittee/Operator Name <br /> Zephyr Gold USA Ltd <br />