Kerr Allan research report


INR has appointed EM Strategies, Inc. (EMS) to provide information on environmental considerations, permitting, and social and community impacts. Based on information provided to RPM and released in the JORC 2012 Resource Tables, EMS believes there are no known ongoing environmental issues with any of the regulatory agencies. Baseline studies are underway and indicate that there are limited biological and cultural issues; air quality impacts appear to be within State of Nevada standards; traffic and noise issues are present, but at low levels; and socioeconomic impacts are positive. A plant species known as Tiehm buckwheat (Erigonum tiehmii) was previously identified in the project area, and grows in the vicinity of outcropping boron mineralisation where soil profiles have not developed (Figure 22). Importantly, it was only observed on the fringes of outcropping searlesite mineralisation, and it had also colonised sites where trench mullock had been piled, suggesting the species is relatively easy to cultivate.