“Judge Slaps Mining Company With $2 Million Penalty”

A federal judge has ordered a Canadian mining company to pay a hefty $2 million penalty for its chronic failure to follow clean water laws and not doing enough to staunch the flow of arsenic and iron into a tributary of the Boise River system.

The order and penalty is the latest setback for Atlanta Gold Corp., which has been exploring gold deposits in the mountains around the historic mining town of Atlanta for more than 25 years.

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