Does this Associated Press release seem a bit out of kilter to you?
Report: Southwest Va has workers for uranium mineChatham, Va. (AP) -- A new report says southwest Virginia has enough skilled workers for a proposed uranium mine near Chatham.
The report also confirms the deposit contains 119 million pounds of uranium and there's about 1.5 pounds of uranium per ton of rock.
The report was produced by three consulting firms working for Virginia Uranium Inc. The company is hoping to convince the General Assembly to lift a ban on uranium mining imposed in 1982.
The consulting firms conclude that potential employees from the area are comfortable working with heavy equipment and farm machinery, which are necessary for miners. [link]
What does Southwest Virginia have to do with it? Unless they moved it, Chatham is over north of Danville. Which is in the heart of Southside. They don't have heavy equipment operators over there?
Did the AP reporter not know the difference between Southside and Southwest? Or did the consulting firm make a mistake?
Either scenario speaks poorly of the culprit(s).
Looking online at the articles on the recent report from Santoy/VUI, all of them mention "southwest Virginia" having enough workers to staff the mine. Guess they'll be importing employees into Southside!
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