Canadian company files new proposal for mine in Maine

PATTEN, Maine (AP) — A Canadian firm that was rebuked by Maine regulators over an absence of particulars in a large-scale mining proposal has filed a brand new petition to develop a mine outdoors of Patten.

The rezoning proposal dated Thursday was filed by Wolfden Sources, which is in search of a allow to extract metallic ore that’s wealthy in copper, lead, zinc, silver and gold. The so-called Pickett Mountain deposit is east of Baxter State Park and Katahdin Woods and Waters Nationwide Monument.

The plan by Ontario-based Wolfden Sources is a check of the state’s mining regulation, adopted in 2017, that imposes among the nation’s strictest environmental requirements.

“The challenge will meet these necessities and showcase mining strategies that enable for accountable and protected extraction of metallic minerals which can be key to our future,” the corporate mentioned.

Environmental teams and Native tribes have spoken out towards the proposal.

Pure Sources Council of Maine mentioned the petition might be reviewed. “However there’s little doubt {that a} mine at Pickett Mountain would perpetually harm the clear water and wealthy pure assets that assist the area’s vibrant out of doors recreation economic system,” mentioned Nick Bennett, workers scientist.

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