New Gold In Old Northwest

Aquila Resources has received draft approval of mining and water discharge permits for its proposed Back Forty gold mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula after ten month’s of review. The open pit mine will sit on the shores of the Menominee River, which marks the state line between Michigan and Wisconsin. The site is the only minable gold deposit in Michigan, but faces several additional hurdles aside from the usual ones before it can become operational....   ...more