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Wolfden Announces Positive Progress on its Re-Zoning Application for a Mine at the Pickett Mt. Project in Maine
THUNDER BAY, ON / ACCESSWIRE / February 27, 2023 / Wolfden Resources Corporation (TSX-V:WLF) (...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Wolfden Announces Positive Progress on its Re-Zoning Application for a Mine at the Pickett Mt. Project in MaineTHUNDER BAY, ON / ACCESSWIRE / February 27, 2023 / Wolfden Resources Corporation (TSX-V:WLF) (\"Wolfden\" or the \"Company\") is pleased that the Maine Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC) has deemed its application complete for processing in order to re-zone a 374 acre parcel of Wolfden's wholly owned 7,135 acre Pickett Mountain Project land holdings in Northern Maine, from a General Management (M-GN) designation to Planned Development (D-PD) in T6 R6 WELS. The proposed purpose of the D-PD rezoning is to allow for the construction, operation and reclamation of a state of the art, small foot print underground metallic mineral mine in a manner that is fully protective of the environment. The Project, a 1200 tonne per day underground mining operation with a 10-15 year mine life, is located several miles off of State Route 11, in an area of very low population density, north of the Town of Patten. The mine and other supporting infrastructure will require a steady-state work force of roughly 272 direct employees and contractors. The mined ore, rich in zinc, copper, lead, silver and gold and will be processed at a different location (not in T6 R6) and therefore is outside of the scope of the application. Moreover, the technical analysis for each component of the Project and each aspect for the protection of natural resources, demonstrate that the Project is feasible and consistent with the values prioritized by the LUPC.\"This is very positive milestone for the Company and the continuing application process, as it has been just over 30 days since the application was filed,\" stated, Jeremy Ouellette, VP Project Development. \"We plan to address expediciously any questions from the LUPC and to provide any further related technical information. In addition, we continue to host public meetings and information sessions in many of the towns surrounding the project that has resulted in a growing community interest as members appreciate the protective nature of Maine's Chapter 200 mining regulations and their right to be heard in the mine permitting process.\" Several neighboring towns have passed ordinances or resolutions, by public vote, in support of the Project, subject to the prerequisite regulatory approvals.The Project repres...