LANSING, MI-- The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has proposed approving a mining permit for Aquila Resources for its Back Forty Project in Menominee County.
The project would focus on the extraction of gold, zinc, and copper. It includes a processing facility in Lake Township.
The DEQ is seeking comments from the public on the proposed mining decision, as well as two other pending permit decisions: an air emission and a surface water discharge permit.
A consolidated public hearing for all three permits will be held October 6 in Stephenson. A fourth permit application for wetland impacts will be considered by the DEQ in a separate review process.
The public hearing takes place from 6 to 10 p.m. Central Time at Stephenson High School.
The DEQ will also accept written comments through November 3.
