BOISE, Idaho, April 12, 2021 /CNW/ - Perpetua Resources
Corp. (formerly Midas Gold Corp.) (NASDAQ: PPTA) (TSX:
PPTA) (Perpetua Resources or the company) is advancing
its ESG goals to further bring transparency to its Stibnite Gold
Project (project) by participating in a water quality monitoring
program led by local citizens. The Independent Water Monitoring
Program (IWMP) is an initiative of the Stibnite Advisory Council,
which represents eight local communities surrounding the proposed
Stibnite Gold Project. The initiative is designed to promote
accountability measures around Perpetua Resources' existing water
quality monitoring efforts and give the community access to
independent information through conducting third-party data
gathering and reporting. Perpetua agreed to participate in the
program based upon the company's long-standing commitment to
transparency and its recognition of the important role such
programs play in deepening community trust.
"We have always been committed to sharing information about our
project with the community," said Laurel
Sayer, CEO of Perpetua Resources Corp. "We applaud the
Stibnite Advisory Council for launching this initiative to conduct
an independent program at site which will allow community
representatives to participate in water monitoring and to verify
the conditions facing the abandoned Stibnite Mining District today
and into the future. We are proud to continue living our
values and further strengthen ourselves as a community partner and
a responsible mining company."
The Stibnite Advisory Council was formed in 2019 and was
designed to give community members a voice with Perpetua Resources
and an opportunity to resolve challenges and partner on
opportunities directly with the company. IWMP is the Council's
largest public initiative to date.
"Having access to clean water and pristine rivers is a value all
Idahoans share, and it is one the Stibnite Advisory Council feels a
strong obligation to protect," said Riggins Stibnite Advisory
Council member, Bob Crump. "After
community members expressed concerns over the potential impacts to
water quality and a desire to see more data, we decided it was
important to launch the Independent Water Monitoring Program."
The Stibnite Advisory Council will contract with the
University of Idaho's Water Resources
Research Institute to undertake the independent water quality
monitoring and reporting. During the first year of the program, the
Stibnite Advisory Council will test water temperature, pH levels,
conductivity, and elemental presence. All the collected samples
will be provided to a lab certified by the Environmental Protection
Agency.
The Stibnite Advisory Council plans to monitor ground and
surface water at 18 different locations throughout the site.
Perpetua Resources will collect samples from these same locations,
at the same time as the Stibnite Advisory Council, in order to give
Idahoans two comparative data sets. The first samples are currently
set to be collected this year.
Initially, monitoring will be conducted by Idaho's Water Resources Research Institute.
However, the Stibnite Advisory Council is working to expand the
program to include community representatives who could also observe
the sample collection and vouch for the integrity and independence
of the process. Once those details are finalized, they will be
announced on the Stibnite Advisory Council's website.
Perpetua has adopted a formal ESG policy and continues to
improve and advance the Company's initiatives regarding
environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and good
governance. Our ESG policy, and more details about how the company
puts these commitments into action, can be found here.
For more details on the program and to view the data when it
becomes available, please visit
www.StibniteAdvisoryCouncil.com.
Website: www.perpetuaresources.com
About Perpetua Resources and the Stibnite Gold
Project
Perpetua Resources Corp., through its wholly owned
subsidiaries, is focused on the exploration, site restoration and
redevelopment of gold-antimony-silver deposits in the
Stibnite-Yellow Pine district of central Idaho that are encompassed by the Stibnite
Gold Project. The Project is one of the highest-grade, open pit
gold deposits in the United States
and is designed to apply a modern, responsible mining approach to
restore an abandoned mine site and produce both gold and the only
mined source of antimony in the United
States. Antimony is a federally designated critical mineral
for its use in the national defense, aerospace and technology
sectors. In addition to the company's commitments to transparency,
accountability, environmental stewardship, safety and community
engagement, Perpetua Resources adopted formal ESG commitments which
can be found here.
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SOURCE Perpetua Resources Corp.