I will look more into the specifics of how EB-5 funding can be applied to a project use, more specifically of whether or not it can be applied to current company debt instead of directly funding the mine in this instance.
One thing for sure I bet we both can agree on is that it would be required to be fully disclosed to the EB-5 investor beforehand, or else that could be considered de facto misrepresentation and fraudulent by intentional ommission of intent.