Brian Carlton, the new editor at the Farmville Herald, has been doing great coverage of the gold mining issue in Buckingham. This article covers the draft report that is being prepared by the State Agency Committee on the study of the impacts of industrial gold mining in Virginia. Read the October 9 article here.

This past year the committee has been meeting monthly, taking input from impacted communities, and bringing in expert presenters to inform the committee and communities.

The committee is taking public comments until October 28. Your comments will inform their final report. A lot more of you have weighed in – thank you. Please continue to weigh in at the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall Public Comment Forum for Gold Mining Study. The next meeting information is here:

State Agency Committee (SAC) Meeting
October 18 Cancelled
Rescheduled for Thursday, November 3, 9am-3 pm!
Mark your calendars!
Buckingham Community Center
16268 N James Madison Highway
Dillwyn, VA 23936

This will be the ninth meeting. The Committee is in process to write a report of its findings. The Virginia Energy gold mining study page has all the links and information you need.

To view the letter writing campaign we have been waging with the Virginia Community Rights Network, see the Letters to the Editor page here.