by Genevieve Adamski
April 18, 2017
Aqulia Resources is in the process of creating an open-pit sulfide mine along the banks of the Menominee River near Marinette.
by Genevieve Adamski
April 18, 2017
Aqulia Resources is in the process of creating an open-pit sulfide mine along the banks of the Menominee River near Marinette.
June 27, 2016
By Brian Bienkowski
Environmental Health News
STEPHENSON, Mich.—Michigan officials are weighing the possibility of an open pit mine in the western Upper Peninsula, and Native Americans, residents and environmental groups fear it will pollute water and cultural resources.
They are pleading with the state to reject the permit, but they’re running out of options.
The mine would provide the metals that drive our technologically saturated lives. It is also emblematic of the societal struggle over who gets a voice in how and where we yank valued resources out of the Earth.
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A proposed gold and zinc mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is drawing opposition from the Menominee Tribe of Indians.
April 8, 2016
Dear WRPC Member,
I just got off the phone with Joe Maki, head of the mining division of Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ). I asked him how many public comments his office received on Aquila’s Back 40 mine permit application. He said he didn’t know. His office logged the comments on a database but there was no tally. I said if the comments were on a database, it should be easy enough to come up with a total number. “No.” He said if I wanted to submit a Freedom of Information Act request, I could pay for copies of the documents and do my own tally.
Back 40 Mining Permit Application
Review Comments
February 15, 2016
Al Gedicks, Wisconsin Resources Protection Council
14 Copeland Avenue # 115
La Crosse, WI 54603-3413
Where is the report on potential acid mine drainage and heavy metal contamination?
January 14, 2016
Dear WRPC Member,
In case you missed the big news over the holidays, Aquila Resources is once again seeking permits from Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for its Back Forty open pit metallic sulfide mine next to the Menominee River. The project had been suspended in July 2012 when Hudbay Minerals of Canada (51% owner of the Back Forty project) pulled out of the partnership with Aquila (49% owner of the project).