Officials outline plans for grant money awarded from Gold King Mine spill settlement
FARMINGTON — A total of five entities in San Juan County have been awarded nearly $4 million in grant funding by the Attorney General's Office for ...
FARMINGTON — A total of five entities in San Juan County have been awarded nearly $4 million in grant funding by the Attorney General's Office for projects related to the 2015 Gold King Mine spill. The money was part of an $11 million settlement the state of New Mexico reached with mining company defendants the Sunnyside Gold Corporation, the Kinross Gold Corporation and Kinross Gold U.S.A. Inc. for their role in the incident that resulted in millions of gallons of toxic materials leaking into the Animas and San Juan rivers.