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SJM1032025 Regular SessionCompleted

States findings of the Legislature, commends approval of the Stibnite Gold Project, and requests the remaining permits for the project be expeditiously processed and approved.

STIBNITE GOLD MINE -- States findings of the Legislature, commends approval of the Stibnite Gold Project, and requests the remaining permits for the project be expeditiously processed and approved.

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This joint memorial encourages the President of United States, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Commanding General of the Army Corps of Engineers, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the congressional delegation representing the State of Idaho in the Congress of the United States, the Governor of Idaho, and the Idaho Governor’s Office of Energy and Mineral Resources to ensure the Stibnite Gold Project in Valley County maintains its positive record of decision, and successfully enters into the development phase of the project. The Final Record of Decision issued by the United States Forest Service on January 3, 2025, represents over a decade of collaboration and engagement between Perpetua Resources, local communities, stakeholders, and government agencies. This decision will boost Idaho’s local and state economies, restore an abandoned mine site, and help secure a domestic supply chain for essential energy, technology, and defense materials.

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This Memorial has no impact on the General Fund of the State because it does not involve the spending of any money at any local or State level.

Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Secretary of State