Gold

[AtW]

Scottish gold mine in doubt

Plans to mine more than £110m worth of gold in the Scottish Highlands have hit a serious setback after planners at Loch Lomond national park today said the application should be refused.

With gold prices soaring, the mining company Scotgold wants to dig out 700kg of gold and 17 tonnes of silver a year over the next decade from an unworked mine called Cononish, which sits near Tyndrum, just inside the north-eastern boundary of the national park.

The proposal has been enthusiastically supported by local councillors and appeared to have been positively received by the national park. But following objections from conservationists and countryside groups, Gordon Watson, the park's director of planning, has recommended the proposal be rejected.

More: Scottish gold mine in doubt | Environment | guardian.co.uk

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Nae luck!

 

[Cliphead]

Scottish gold mine in doubt

Plans to mine more than £110m worth of gold in the Scottish Highlands have hit a serious setback after planners at Loch Lomond national park today said the application should be refused.

With gold prices soaring, the mining company Scotgold wants to dig out 700kg of gold and 17 tonnes of silver a year over the next decade from an unworked mine called Cononish, which sits near Tyndrum, just inside the north-eastern boundary of the national park.

The proposal has been enthusiastically supported by local councillors and appeared to have been positively received by the national park. But following objections from conservationists and countryside groups, Gordon Watson, the park's director of planning, has recommended the proposal be rejected.

More: Scottish gold mine in doubt | Environment | guardian.co.uk

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Nae luck!

Doesn't stop us panning for gold there and a couple of other places I know

 

[OwlHoot]

Gold seems to be turning up all over the place now:

Gold found in Cornish mine

Imagine that - You go to all the trouble of reopening an old tin mine, and all that turns up is a load of gold.

They must have been gutted

 

[SupremeSpod]

Doesn't stop us panning for gold there and a couple of other places I know

Do you get much?

 

[Cliphead]

Do you get much?

3-4 days of panning could generate enough cash for a decent holiday.

 

[SupremeSpod]

3-4 days of panning could generate enough cash for a decent holiday.

Good on ya!

 

[Mich the Tester]

Oh dear, that combination of Scots and gold again.

 

[Jeebo72]

Scottish gold mine in doubt

Plans to mine more than £110m worth of gold in the Scottish Highlands have hit a serious setback after planners at Loch Lomond national park today said the application should be refused.

With gold prices soaring, the mining company Scotgold wants to dig out 700kg of gold and 17 tonnes of silver a year over the next decade from an unworked mine called Cononish, which sits near Tyndrum, just inside the north-eastern boundary of the national park.

The proposal has been enthusiastically supported by local councillors and appeared to have been positively received by the national park. But following objections from conservationists and countryside groups, Gordon Watson, the park's director of planning, has recommended the proposal be rejected.

More: Scottish gold mine in doubt | Environment | guardian.co.uk

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Nae luck!

Near my dad's holiday cottage ... "the highest village in UK" ... they pan for gold frequently. Well the tourists do. Pay for it too. Do they find tulip loads of gold? Of course no. Do they find gold? Yes.

 

[doodab]

3-4 days of panning could generate enough cash for a decent holiday.

3-4 days of panning for gold would be quite a decent holiday, IMO. As long as it didn't rain constantly.

 

[TimberWolf]

3-4 days of panning for gold would be quite a decent holiday, IMO. As long as it didn't rain constantly.

If it rains, just nip back into the house until it stops? And cover the sleeping bag with something waterproof.