Permit for Aquila Resources’ Back Forty mine denied
Aquila s flagship Back Forty project is an open pit volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit with underground potential in Michigan. Credit: Aquila Resources
Aquila Resources’ (TSX: AQA; US-OTC: AQARF) proposed gold, zinc and copper mine to go ahead.
The ruling revokes the wetlands permit for the Back Forty project in Lake Township, north of Menominee. It comes after opponents to the project challenged the permit issued in 2018 by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE).
“The ruling raises valid concerns about the potential impacts on groundwater and surface water, including the Lower Menominee River,” department spokesman Hugh McDiarmid Jr. told local media.