LAKEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--General Moly, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE Amex and TSX: GMO) announced that on Friday, October 21, 2011, the Battle Mountain Nevada office of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approved the Mt. Hope Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for printing, advancing the document toward publication of a Notice of Availability (NOA) of the DEIS in the Federal Register.
Once the Mt. Hope DEIS is printed, the NOA will be submitted to the Washington, DC office of the BLM to authorize publication of the NOA in the Federal Register. The NOA process requires a summary document to be signed by five offices of the US department of Interior (DOI) before being published in the Federal Register, which will trigger the start of a 90 day public comment period. Although this process has historically taken many months, efforts by the BLM and DOI recently have resulted in faster processing timelines. The public comment period will include numerous meetings in Eureka County and surrounding communities to seek public review and comment on the findings of the DEIS, the proposed action and reasonable alternatives studied, and mitigation proposed.
Bruce D. Hansen, Chief Executive Officer, said, "This is truly a significant accomplishment for our project, the BLM, the cooperating and reviewing agencies, and our team. The completion of the DEIS represents the culmination of five years of intense review and scientific evaluation of the Mt. Hope project and an enormous effort from our team and the BLM. We will work to expedite the publication process in Washington, DC to the extent possible and anticipate publication of the NOA in the Federal Register before the end of the year.
Mr. Hansen continued, "We look forward to the public comment period and the BLM preparing the final EIS. We fully expect that other major Nevada State permits will be completed in this same time period to complete the EIS and Record of Decision (ROD) and the project will go into construction shortly after issuance of the ROD in the second half of 2012."
About General Moly
General Moly is a U.S.-based molybdenum mineral development, exploration and mining company listed on the NYSE Amex (formerly the American Stock Exchange) and the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol GMO. Our primary asset, our interest in the Mt. Hope project located in central Nevada, is considered one of the world's largest and highest grade molybdenum deposits. Combined with our second molybdenum property, the Liberty project that is also located in central Nevada, our goal is to become the largest primary molybdenum producer by the middle of the decade. For more information on the Company, please visit our website at http://www.generalmoly.com.
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