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No, says judge: Mining company can’t pay pollution fine through cryptocurrency sale

September 7, 2018 /

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A gold mining company pitched a new idea to an Idaho federal judge on how it wanted to pay a quarter-million-dollar, court-ordered penalty for environmental violations.

No, not with gold.

Canada-based Atlanta Gold Inc. told Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald E. Bush it planned to raise the money through a cryptocurrency sale.

By Cynthia Sewell

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Read more here: https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/environment/article217934030.html#storylink=cpy

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