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State panel studies potential impact of gold mining in Virginia

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  • – WDBJ7 News – 5/16/22
Daniel Shaffer May 20, 2022 Regional Issues Read more

Gold mining comes with risks and rewards. But those aren’t equally shared.

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 5/4/22
Daniel Shaffer May 11, 2022 Regional Issues Read more

Billions of dollars at stake as huge gold mine moves ahead with South Carolina expansion

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  • – The State – 4/17/22
Daniel Shaffer April 20, 2022 Regional Issues Read more

Gold mining study begins as discoveries continue in Virginia

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 12/21/21
Daniel Shaffer January 15, 2022 Regional Issues Read more

Resident group opposed to gold mining

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  • – The Farmville Herald – 12/10/21
Daniel Shaffer December 20, 2021 Regional Issues Read more

Big gold mine fined again, this time for toxic discharge violations near SC town

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  • – The State – 11/9/21
  • Related:
  • LETTER – Let’s protect what we love
Daniel Shaffer November 22, 2021 Regional Issues Read more

Proposed Buckingham County Gold Mine

Sponsor: Friends of Buckingham
Developer: Aston Bay

Since at least 2016, Aston Bay Holdings has drilled more than 20 exploratory holes in the A-1 agricultural zone on land situated between Yogaville and the Union Hill community.

Daniel Shaffer September 30, 2021December 3, 2021 Hub Read more

National Academies to study potential impacts of gold mining in Virginia

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 8/10/21
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  • NAS agrees to study gold mining
Daniel Shaffer September 2, 2021 Local & ACP, Regional Issues Read more

Virginia Gold Rush: Residents fear dangerous open pit mine will open in Buckingham County before General Assembly acts

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  • – The Appalachian Voice – 6/25/21
  • Related:
  • – ABRA’s Conservation Hub hosts an online map and web page addressing this issue.
Daniel Shaffer July 11, 2021 Local & ACP, Regional Issues Read more

Governor Northam signs bill for study of gold mining in Virginia

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has signed into law a bill that would direct a study of gold mining in the Commonwealth.  The issue arose last year when ABRA member Friends of Buckingham became aware that a Canadian mining company was considering the establishment of an open pit mine in Buckingham County to access a gold seam that extends all the way to Northern Virginia. 

Daniel Shaffer April 7, 2021 Pipeline Updates Read more
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The Allegheny Blue-Ridge Alliance (ABRA) is a coalition of conservation organizations dedicated to promoting and protecting the environmental integrity of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region, which encompasses the Central Appalachian Highlands area of Virginia and West Virginia.

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