Five years after first briefing Box Elder County officials on its plans to revive gold mining in the Black Pine range, Liberty Gold Corp. returned to the county commission this month with an update that the project is still moving forward and that its influence could reach well across the Idaho line. The Black Pine deposit, about 20 miles northwest of Snowville, has long been tied to Box Elder County’s economy. From 1992 through 1997 it produced roughly 435,000 ounces of gold under Pegasus Gold, which halted operations after prices collapsed and reclaimed the site, closing the open-pit and leachpad...

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