A Detailed Plan for Gold Mine Redevelopment

Deep within the Rocky Mountains, we partnered with Midas Gold to evaluate environmental conditions and create a plan of operations for the Golden Meadows redevelopment — a proposed gold and antimony mine. Located on a brownfield site within patented federal load claims and land managed by the U.S. Forest Service, detailed plans and successful permitting were required to move the project forward.

With a sophisticated safety plan in place, our engineers used snowmobiles, hiked and skied rugged mountains to gather water quality samples at 50 sites. We built a secure database from the ground up to perform water quality analyses critical for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting down the road. Combined with a host of environmental studies on cultural resources and wetlands, Midas Gold is equipped to define the mine’s operational footprint.

Since access to the remote Golden Meadows site is limited, we worked with Midas Gold to engineer a 50-mile access road as an alternative traffic route that shifts travel away from two sensitive river corridors and designed a 125-person homestead for construction workers.