From: Levi Frampton <info@midasgoldcomments.com>

Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2020 2:18 PM

To: Support Stibnite; jay.natoli@gmail.com; natalie

Subject: Support Midas Gold Stibnite Gold Project

Dear Payette National Forest Supervisor,

I have reviewed the Alternative 2 and met with members of Midas Gold Idaho to better understand the company's plans for the Stibnite Gold Project. Below are my comments on the plan to be included in the comment period.

I don't live in Idaho. I live in another mining state, Alaska. I support the Stibnite Gold Project because the United States of America needs independence from foreign sources for mineral resources. Mineral resources are critical to green and clean energy, not to mention the already more common needs for minerals in our daily lives. Midas can develop and manage the project responsibly.

More than 10 million tons of spent ore and unlined tailings from previous mining are sitting, unlined in the valley near Meadow Creek at the site of the proposed Stibnite Gold Project. As water flows over this waste material, metals leach into the ground and surface. Therefore, we should not be surprised that the amount of arsenic and antimony in water near site vastly exceed levels that are considered acceptable for aquatic life standards. Midas Gold has a plan to mitigate the impacts of previous, unaffiliated mining projects to improve water quality and fish habitat. Among many other investments, Midas Gold would clean up the roughly 3 million tons of historical tailings and reprocess and properly store them in a state-of-the-art tailings facility. The company would also relocate the 7.5 million tons of used ore underneath the tailings facility liner system permanently separating it from interacting with water. These efforts to remove legacy materials will improve water quality, a finding reflected in your own agency's draft environmental impact statement. According to chapter 4, removing legacy tailings and waste improves water quality in Meadow Creek Valley (4.12 103-104).

The comment period for the project was already extended once. The U.S. Forest Service has given the public more than adequate time to comment, plus tools that make reviewing the document easy and a virtual meeting room to make information more digestible. It is with this knowledge that I encourage the U.S. Forest Service to continue to move the project forward and permit the site using alternative 2 as the guide.

Best regards,


Name: Levi Frampton
Email: frampdizzle@gmail.com
City: Fairbanks
State: ID