Twin Metals seeks to continue copper exploration near Boundary Waters

Twin Metals seeks to continue copper exploration near Boundary Waters

A subsidiary of Twin Metals Minnesota, the company seeking to build an underground mine for copper and nickel near Ely, has submitted a plan to the state to conduct additional mineral exploration in the area just outside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Franconia Minerals is proposing to conduct exploratory drilling at up to 19 sites on private and state-owned land on the north and south shores of Birch Lake, about five miles east of B…

Twin Metals submits plan for exploratory drilling near BWCAW

Chilean company Franconia Minerals, a subsidiary of Twin Metals, recently submitted a proposal to the Minnesota DNR to begin exploratory drilling for metallic minerals near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Environmentalists and other groups oppose the plan. They argue it is an early step toward mining that would cause pollution and damage wilderness areas. The post Twin Metals submits plan for exploratory drilling near BWCAW appeared f…