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Welcome to the Front 40 Environmental Fight

custom_mapATTENTION: Potential Sulfide Mine Threatens
NE Wisconsin & Michigan's Upper Peninsula!

If you live in the Menominee River Watershed area, you may be affected by the proposition of a sulfide mine being developed just north of Menominee, MI.

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Shakey Sentinels Spring Stream Monitoring

Friday, 31 May, Noon-4:00 pm

&

Saturday, 1 June, 9:00 am-2:00 pm

(Sat. Lunch provided by Front 40!)

Come both days or come for one!

Stay all day or for as long as you can!

We hope to see all of our devoted core of volunteers as well as many new faces!

Base camp is at Hacienda Boerner,

N9710 River Road (north of Shakey Lakes County Park)

*contact me if you need directions*

(If you have portable chairs, please bring them with you)

Please let me know if you will be joining us.

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                                      Speaking Truth to Power: Rio Tinto’s Annual Meeting

 

                                                                        Posted on April 18, 2013

 

LONDON NEWS UPDATE: Alexandra Thebert, attending Rio Tinto’s Annual Shareholders Meeting as a dissident shareholder, voiced the community’s concerns regarding Eagle Mine. She reminded Rio Tinto’s shareholders of the mine’s fraudulent permitting, transportation problems, the removal of air filtration at the mine portal, uranium, and the continually growing opposition to Eagle Mine and growing support for protecting our community’s health and environment.

AUDIO: Listen to this MP3 audio recording of Alexandra Thebert speaking truth to power earlier today — yes, that’s heckling (!) you’ll hear while she speaks — followed by a rebuttal from Rio Tinto’s CEO Sam Walsh.

NEWS CLIPPING: A detailed account of Thebert’s journey to London was featured on the front page of The Mining Journal (4-15-2013):

http://savethewildup.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/news-article.jpg

 

BREAKING NEWS July 3, 2012

8:02 AM
 
(Reuters) - Aquila Resources Inc said joint venture partner HudBay Minerals Inc has decided to suspend development activities at the Back Forty zinc project in Michigan due to its capital commitments to other development projects.

Base metal miner HudBay, which traces its roots back more than 80 years to the Flin Flon mine in northern Manitoba, has been looking to expand its asset base in Peru.

Aquila owns 49 percent interest in the advanced stage exploration gold-zinc project, while HudBay holds the rest.

"The Back Forty project is in the final phases of permit preparation and remains a highly prospective development prospect," said Aquila CEO Tom Quigley.

The estimated production rate at Back Forty is 3,150 tonnes per day and the mine is expected to have a life of 8 to 10 years, according to HudBay's website.

HudBay is also terminating the strategic exploration alliance with Aquila.

Shares of Aquila closed at 24 Canadian cents on Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange, HudBay shares closed at C$7.85. 

 

 

 
 

Michigan Mining News

EPA Talks Jobs and Regulations

U.P. mines seeing a resurgence as companies hope to cash in

Will mines get state's riches for a paltry sum?

Companies consider mining for gold in Wisconsin (Includes Back Forty Project)

Judge OKs state permit for Kennecott nickel mine

UP Copper Company Releases Project Update (Copperwood Project)

Michigan DEQ hears support for Copperwood mining project  

Kennecott Eagle Minerals Announces Aerial Survey Program

Mines begin digging into UP free of state tax

Mining boom roils Upper Peninsula

 

Updated Mining Information
Save the Wild U.P.