Eagle Herald
May 11, 2022
Dear Editor,
Aquila Resources has transferred their interests in the Back Forty project west of Stephenson to Gold Resource Corporation (GORO) of Denver. Those of you who had pur- chased Aquila stock have already received your transfer let- ter informing investors of significantly reduced share num- bers and value.
February 16, 2022
Dear WRPC Member and Friends of the Menominee River,
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Wisconsin Resources Protection Council in Medford, Wisconsin in 1982. The major concern of WPRC was the lack of information about the effects of large-scale metallic sulfide mining on our state’s precious water supplies, on the tourism and dairy industries, and upon the many Native American communities that are located near potential mine sites.
by Ann Meyer
January 30, 2022
MENOMINEE—Opponents of the Back Forty mine project near Stephenson viewed two news events concerning mines in Minnesota last week as promising in their fight against a corporation interested in digging a mine west of the City of Stephenson.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s decision to reject pending mineral lease rights and prospecting permits for Twin Metals in a national forest near the Boundary Waters in Minnesota was considered a victory for anti-mining activists, while a Minnesota Court of Appeals order delayed a decision on a Poly Met mine near fresh water. The court referred the case back to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for further study.
December 29, 2021
Environmental Alliances with Indian Nations of Wisconsin and the presentation of the GWG Environmental Hero Award
6:30 p.m., Monday, January 17 on Zoom
October 6, 2021
Dear WRPC Member and Friends of the Menominee River,
After 18 years and an investment of over $100 million there is no mine next to the Menominee River and significant, ongoing resistance to any mining in the future. The permits Aquila Resources needs to begin mining have either been overturned, withdrawn, or rendered obsolete because the mine plans have changed to include underground as well as open pit mining.
Gold Resource Corporation (GORO) has NOT conducted “due diligence” regarding Aquila’s false and misleading claims about the permitting of the Back Forty Project.
During a September 8 conference call about GORO’s acquisition of Aquila Resources, Inc., Mr. Allen Palmiere, the President and CEO of GORO stated: “The key takeaway on this particular project [referring to the Back Forty Project] is that it has, in fact, been fully permitted before. The issue that arose was a very technical—it’s really a very administrative matter, but it was the way with which the wetlands permit was worded and it was viewed as being a conditional permit rather than an unconditional permit. And that was really the way—the reason that that particular permit was pulled.”
