General Metals Corp. (GNMT) Hires Merritt Construction to Cleanup Old Independence Gold and Silver Mine Site in the Battle Mountain; Moves Closer to Mining Operations
General Metals, an aggressive junior minerals exploration and development company that is based in Reno, Nevada, recently announced that it has hired Merritt Construction to remove existing mill site buildings, machinery, equipment, parts and debris on the Independence Mine Project in the Battle Mountain Gold and Silver Mining District. General Metals is currently developing a plan for open pit mining of the near surface gold and silver resources. The contractor has already begun removing the old debris last used to recover gold and silver in the 1980s. The objective is to make the site compliant with 43 CFR 3809 so…