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 October, 2014
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 Statement No. 333-185071 and this report on Form 6-K shall be deemed a part of such registration statement from the date on which this report on Form 6-K is filed, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished by PolyMet Mining Corp.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.
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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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(Registrant) |
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Date: October 8, 2014 |
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/s/ Jonathan Cherry |
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Jonathan Cherry |
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President and CEO |
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100 King Street West, Suite 5700,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5X 1C7 Tel: +1 (416) 915-4149
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Cedar Street, Suite 2060, St. Paul, MN 55101 Tel: +1 (651) 389-4100
www.polymetmining.com |
TSX: POM, NYSE MKT: PLM |
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NEWS RELEASE |
2014-07 |
POLYMET FINAL EIS
EARLY SPRING 2015
MINNESOTA DNR SAYS GETTING IT RIGHT IS
HIGHEST PRIORITY
St. Paul, Minn., October 8, 2014 PolyMet Mining Corp.
(PolyMet or the Company) TSX: POM; NYSE MKT: PLM is pleased to report that
the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is working toward an early
spring 2015 completion of the final Environmental Impact Statement for the
Companys NorthMet project.
My goal is to have the EIS out the door early next spring,
DNR Commissioner Tom Landwehr told about 80 elected officials representing
cities and towns across Minnesotas Iron Range who gathered this week for a
mining forum in Virginia, Minn. The forum was sponsored by the Range Association
of Municipalities and Schools.
Commissioner Landwehr, Pollution Control Agency Commissioner
John Linc Stine and Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board Commissioner
Tony Sertich also addressed the forum. The commissioners emphasized that getting
the final EIS right will help the subsequent permitting process run more
smoothly.
Commisioner Landwehr said getting to the final EIS will
require that a lot of things fall into place, adding that the DNR will continue
its coordination with the co-lead agencies and its sister state agencies to
produce the final EIS. DNR will be looking for any efficiencies between the
agency and the company
to cut that time as short as possible, he said.
PolyMet must obtain a number of state and federal permits,
including air and water discharge permits from the state Pollution Control
Agency prior to construction. PCA Commissioner Stine said his agency aims to
come to a decision on those permits within 150 days of application in accordance
with state law.
We appreciate the tremendous amount of work and resources the
agencies are devoting to ensure the final EIS is thorough and responds
appropriately to the public comments on the draft EIS. There is an enormous
amount of hard work going into this critically important final phase of the
environmental review, said Jon Cherry, PolyMet president and CEO.
The commissioners stated goals give us optimism the EIS can
be finalized by early spring and we can have permits in place during the 2015
construction season in northern Minnesota, Cherry said. The project will
generate about two million construction hours over a 15-month period, while the
long-term benefits include creation of more than 900 direct and indirect jobs
and $515 million annually in economic benefit to the region.
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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.
POLYMET MINING CORP.
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
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, 2014 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 July 31, 2014 for a discussion of some of the risk factors and other considerations underlying forward-looking statements.
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