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Donegal Greens object to gold mining....![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Canadian multinational threatens health Following prospecting licences being offered to the Tournigan Gold Corporation by the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to prospect for Base Metals (which includes Uranium), Silver and Gold the Donegal Greens call on the Minister to revoke such licences to preserve the beauty and natural environment of the areas planned to be exploited by a known open cast mining company. The areas affected as published in the local media will be an area from Lettermore to Clonleigh North (West to East) and from Magheraboy to Gleneely (North to South) and also in the Redcastle and Whitecastle areas of Inishowen. The Redcastle-Whitecastle area harbours a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and the more significant area in the Lagan and Finn Valley can be regarded as the ‘Golden Vale’ of Donegal harbouring the largest density of population in the county and drained by three major rivers: the Deele, the Finn and the Swilly. Open cast mining therefore obviously presents significant hazards to all environments: human, marine, aquatic and agricultural. |
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