Watch the Wolfden mine project hearing underway in Millinocket
The hearing is part of a process to determine whether the Land Use Planning Commission will approve a rezoning application from Wolfden.
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The hearing is part of a process to determine whether the Land Use Planning Commission will approve a rezoning application from Wolfden.
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 Corporation is a Canadian mining company that purchased land currently zoned as a “protection district” near Mount Chase, Maine ,and the North Gate of Baxter State Park, as well as about five miles from the entrance to Katahdin...
By Jen Brophy and Igor Sikorsky As longtime owners of sporting camps in Maine, we know the deep connection that a clean and healthy environment has to the state’s economic success. Maine’s North Woods are the backbone of a booming outdoor recreation economy.
"We cannot afford to put this unique place at risk with a mine."