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A video from northern Maine submitted to the BDN of a probable male wolf and four of his pups stirred up some discussion.
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A video from northern Maine submitted to the BDN of a probable male wolf and four of his pups stirred up some discussion.
By Kathleen Phalen Tomaseli, Houlton Pioneer Times Staff MILLINOCKET — Much of the information supplied in a Canadian junior mining company’s rezoning application for a mining project near Pickett Mountain in northern Penobscot County is speculative, according to testimony on the first day of Maine Land Use Planning Commission’s public hearings on the proposal. Monday’s testimony and cross-examination regarding Wolfden’s application to change the zoning from a general management and protection area to a planned development area, zeroed in on the company’s financial stability, t...
Wolfden Chase Mtn. LLC says that Pickett Mountain has the country’s largest undeveloped reserves of a type of ore that contains high-grade zinc and smaller but still commercially valuable amounts of copper, lead, silver and gold.
Wolfden Resources says that Pickett Mountain, located north of Patten, contains high-grade deposits of zinc, lead, copper, silver and gold.
Wolfden Resources' proposal for a mine just south of Patten will likely be the first test of a state law that opened the door for metal mining in the state.