Michigan mine prompts scrutiny


Michigan mine prompts scrutiny


As an open pit mine planned along the Menominee River in Michigan`s Upper Peninsula nears final regulatory approval, opponents are raising worries about potential environmental harm and the threat of the project on cultural artifacts of Wisconsin`s Menominee tribe.

Toronto-based Aquila Resources Inc. is proposing to mine gold and other minerals as close as 150 feet to the river, which serves as the state`s northeastern border with Michigan.

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