Office of the Secretary

For Immediate Release: January 16, 2001

Contact: John Wright 202-208-6416

MEDIA ADVISORY

Babbitt to Announce Decision on California Mining Project

Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt will hold a news conference at the Interior Department, Wednesday, January 17, 2001 to announce his decision on a mining project proposed on federal lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the California Desert Conservation Area in eastern Imperial County, California.

The mine, called the Imperial Project, is proposed by the Glamis Imperial Corporation, a subsidiary of Glamis Gold, Inc., for 1,571 acres of unpatented mining claims about 45 miles northeast of El Centro, California, and 20 miles northwest of Yuma, Arizona.

Who: Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior

Barbara Boxer, Senator of California (T)

Mike Jackson, President of the Quechan Tribe

Stephen D'Esposito, President of the Mineral Policy Center

What: Announcement of Decision on California Mining Project


When: Wednesday, January 17, 2001


2:30 p.m. (EST)

Where: U.S. Department of the Interior


1849 C Street, NW

Rm. 7000

Washington, D.C.

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