Frank said in the Oldman Watershed, there are “basically” two coal mines that have submitted applications to regulators to mine in the area: The Grassy Mountain and Tent Mountain mines.
“Then there are two other companies that are still in the exploration phase. They haven’t submitted any of their applications yet that would allow them to actually mine, and those are the Atrum and Caven Ridge companies,” she said.
“They’re probably at least two, maybe three years away from applying, so they’re going to be exploring for the next couple of years and they do have approval for that.”