Online tool helps track status of mine ownership in aftermath of Blackjewel bankruptcy

The fate of thousands of acres of mines requiring tens of millions of dollars of reclamation was thrown into doubt when Blackjewel, Revelation Energy and affiliated mining operations filed for bankruptcy in July 2019.

If Blackjewel and Revelation can’t find new owners for mines by a court-imposed deadline at the end of the year, reclamation bonds may be vastly insufficient to clean up the mines the company was responsible for.

Appalachian Voices has created an online tool (see below) to help track the status of those mines — which have successfully completed transfer to new ownership and which remain in estate, unsold and likely to end up with their reclamation bonds forfeited.