Now that Emgold’s application to re-open the Idaho-Maryland mine has been withdrawn due to lack of funds, our community has a new set of questions to face. Will we learn from our mistakes? Will we do it right next time? The thing is Emgold was never serious about being a “good community partner.” It never was completely honest with the city and its residents. If the company had put the concerns of the community first — or second or third — the numbers would have never been rosy enough to lure the few investors that it actually did. Emgold used …


























