Mining Company Welcomes Federal Assessment

Rainy River Resources is not worried about the need to go through a federal environmental assessment for its proposed gold mines north of Barwick.

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency made the ruling last week and is currently seeking comment on the scope of that assessment.

Company vice-president Kyle Stanfield says it wasn't unexpected.

Stanfield expects the process to take at least a year and won't impact on their timetable to have an open pit mine open by 2016 and an underground operation soon after.