AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) – A Canadian company that was berated by state regulators last month intends to pursue its mining proposal in northern Maine.
Ron Little, CEO of Wolfden Resources, told the Maine Monitor that the recommendation by Land Use Planning Commission staff to reject the proposal due to lack of detail was only a “speed bump”.
“Stay tuned,” Little said. “We don’t think mining is dead in Maine.”
Wolfend withdrew his proposal when it emerged that the Planning Commission was about to reject the request on the basis of a staff recommendation.
Wolfend described the project as a “showcase” for environmentally friendly methods to mine copper, zinc, silver and other precious metals. But the commission was frustrated by a lack of detail.
In a memo released ahead of the October 13 meeting, LUPC staff recommended that the commissioners deny the request on the basis in part “of Wolfden’s continued failure to provide sufficient information for the commission to draw conclusions. required”.
“This has obviously come as a surprise to us and our investors, so we want to make sure the next one is right,” Little said, adding that the company was “totally caught off guard by this decision”.
Part of the problem, he said, was that the proposal must first be submitted to the LUPC for approval before being considered by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, which could modify the proposal. .
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