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The Fort Beknap Indian Community, along with other groups, filed a suit to intervene to require the owner of the Zortman-Landusky mine site to complete a full environmental impact statement.
The owner of the Zortman-Landusky mining site has been fined more than $500K for exploring the site without permission or permits, and the state's DEQ warns it may have disturbed water remediation there.
After capitalizing on a two-day lapse in a federal mining ban at Montana’s beleaguered Zortman-Landusky mines in 2020, a small mining company appears to have been developing its claims without the authorization of the state environmental agency.