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US court blocks huge gold mine project in Nevada

mining news | December 7, 2009 | 1:10 am Precious Metals Gold

NV GOLD MINE BLOCKED, 2ND LD-WRITETHRU RENO, Nev. – A federal appeals court on Thursday temporarily blocked construction of a massive gold mine project in northeast Nevada that critics say would harm the environment and ruin a mountain that several tribes consider sacred.