UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16
OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of March, 2016
Commission File Number: 001-32929
POLYMET MINING CORP.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
100 King Street, Suite 5700
Toronto, ON Canada M5X 1C7
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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Form 40-F
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Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): [ ]
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This report on Form 6-K and attached exhibit are incorporated by reference into Registration Statements No. 333-185071 and No. 333-192208 and this report on Form 6-K shall be deemed a part of such registration statements from the date on which this report on Form 6-K is filed, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished by PolyMet Mining Corp. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
SUBMITTED HEREWITH
Exhibits
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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PolyMet Mining Corp. |
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Date: March 17, 2016 |
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/s/ Jonathan Cherry |
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Jonathan Cherry |
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President and CEO |
100 King Street West, Suite 5700, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada, M5X 1C7 |
Tel: +1 (416) 915-4149 |
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444 Cedar Street, Suite 2060, St. Paul, MN 55101 |
Tel: +1 (651) 389-4100 |
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www.polymetmining.com |
TSX: POM, NYSE MKT: PLM
POLYMET PERMITTING
PROCESS INITIATED
St. Paul, Minn., March 17, 2016 PolyMet Mining Corp.
TSX: POM; NYSE MKT: PLM today reported that the first step in the formal state
permitting process has started with notice by the Minnesota Department of
Natural Resources that it will hold a Preapplication Public Informational
Meeting regarding the process for the NorthMet Project permit to mine.
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Tuesday April 19, 2016 |
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6:00 to 8:30 p.m. |
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Formal Presentation at 6:30 |
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Open House throughout the meeting |
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Mesabi East High School
(http://www.mesabieast.k12.mn.us/) |
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601 North 1st St. West, Aurora, MN
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This public meeting initiates the formal state permitting
process, building on the foundation of the states Record of Decision that was
issued two weeks ago, which affirmed the Final Environmental Impact Statement,
observed Jon Cherry, president and CEO. The recently completed environmental
review process demonstrated that the project as designed meets federal and state
human health and environmental regulatory standards. The permit applications
will provide additional engineering details for the design, construction and
operation of the project. When permits are issued by the State, they will
include various financial assurance, operating, monitoring, reclamation and
reporting requirements to ensure compliance with applicable environmental laws.
The public meeting will include a formal presentation from the
DNR that will provide an overview of the NorthMet Project and the permit to mine
process. A brief summary of other state permits, such as tailings dam safety,
water quality, air quality and wetlands will also be provided. State agency
staff and PolyMet will be available in an open house format during the evening
to answer questions about the permitting process and project respectively.
Minnesota regulations lay out the permitting process, starting
with 30-day notice of the Preapplication Meeting to be held near the project
location, followed by formal submission of permit applications and a review by
the state that the applications are complete. Following the Meeting and after
consultation with the DNR and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, PolyMet
will begin to submit the various state permit applications that will be required
to construct and operate the project.
Preparation of Records of Decision on the US Forest Service
Land Exchange and the US Army Corps of Engineers 404 Wetland Permit is
proceeding according to those respective agencies regulations.
Background
The NorthMet EIS is the most thorough
environmental review conducted in the state of Minnesota. The EIS was written by
the DNR, the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers and the U.S. Forest Service as
Co-lead Agencies and, since 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as
federal Cooperating Agency. In addition to the states Record of Decision, the
EPA stated that the final EIS addresses all of its prior concerns and any
remaining questions should properly be addressed in permitting.
PolyMet has spent more than $60 million providing engineering
and legal input to the environmental review process. In addition, the state
spent approximately $32 million independently assessing the environmental
impacts, including approximately $22 million paid to the independent EIS
Contractor to assess engineering solutions designed to ensure that NorthMet
meets regulatory standards and to write the EIS. State staff logged
approximately 90,000 hours an average of 4.5 people working full time for a
decade. Under established state procedures, PolyMet has reimbursed the state for
all of these costs.
The environmental review process followed established
procedures resulting in the states affirmative Record of Decision, Cherry
stated. It is important that all participants respect and honor this process.
PolyMet is committed to building Minnesotas first copper-nickel mine and
understands the very important responsibility of doing so in a way that is
protective of the things that matter most to the community where we will have
the privilege operating.
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About PolyMet
PolyMet Mining Corp.
(www.polymetmining.com) is a publicly-traded mine development company that owns
100 percent of Poly Met Mining, Inc., a Minnesota corporation that controls 100
percent of the NorthMet copper-nickel-precious metals ore body through a
long-term lease and owns 100 percent of the Erie Plant, a large processing
facility located approximately six miles from the ore body in the established
mining district of the Mesabi Range in northeastern Minnesota. Poly Met Mining,
Inc. has completed its Definitive Feasibility Study and is seeking environmental
and operating permits to enable it to commence production. The NorthMet project
is expected to require approximately two million hours of construction labor,
creating approximately 360 long-term jobs, a level of activity that will have a
significant multiplier effect in the local economy.
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POLYMET MINING CORP. |
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Per: |
"Jon Cherry" |
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Jon Cherry,
CEO |
For further information, please contact:
Media |
Bruce Richardson |
Corporate Communications |
Tel: +1 (651) 389-4111 |
brichardson@polymetmining.com |
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Investor Relations |
Jenny Knudson |
Investor Relations |
Tel: +1 (651) 389-4110 |
jknudson@polymetmining.com |
This news release contains certain forward-looking
statements concerning anticipated developments in PolyMets operations in the
future. Forward-looking statements are frequently, but not always, identified by
words such as expects, anticipates, believes, intends, estimates,
potential, possible, projects, plans, and similar expressions, or
statements that events, conditions or results will, may, could, or
should occur or be achieved or their negatives or other comparable words.
These forward-looking statements may include statements regarding the ability to
receive environmental and operating permits, job creation, or other statements
that are not a statement of fact. Forward-looking statements address future
events and conditions and therefore involve inherent known and unknown risks and
uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements due to risks facing PolyMet or due to actual facts
differing from the assumptions underlying its predictions.
PolyMets forward-looking statements are based on the
beliefs, expectations and opinions of management on the date the statements are
made, and PolyMet does not assume any obligation to update forward-looking
statements if circumstances or managements beliefs, expectations and opinions
should change.
Specific reference is made to PolyMets most recent Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015 and in our other
filings with Canadian securities authorities and the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, including our Report on Form 6-K providing information with
respect to our operations for the three and six months ended October 31, 2015,
for a discussion of some of the risk factors and other considerations underlying
forward-looking statements.
The TSX has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility
for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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