If this is the cyanide heap leach method, here is a primer of the that type of mining <a href="http://www.earthworksaction.org/pubs/Cyanide_Leach_Packet.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.earthworksaction.org/pubs/Cyanide_Leach_Packet.pdf</a> The permit indicates that they will be doing "surface mining and removal of tailings, grab samples, drilling samples and shovel and bucket assay" are they "mining" or "mining and removing tailings" ?