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October 27, 2014

Mining company eyes ski area for gold mine

  • Freegold Ventures Ltd. has applied to lease land occupied by some trails at Mount Aurora Skiland near Fairbanks.

    • FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority will consider a proposal from a Vancouver mining company to turn the oldest downhill ski area near Fairbanks into a gold mine.

    Freegold Ventures Ltd. already leases other land near Cleary Summit northeast of Fairbanks. It has applied to lease land occupied by some trails at Mount Aurora Skiland, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (http://bit.ly/1xdocO8) reported.


     
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