BANGOR DAILY NEWS • February 5, 2021
Members of the Houlton Band of Maliseets and the Penobscot Nation said this week they are concerned that potential wastewater damage from the proposed metallic minerals mine on Pickett Mountain could affect bodies of water that are important to their cultures. The tribal members were key speakers on a Natural Resources Council of Maine webinar Tuesday evening opposing the mine proposed by Wolfden Resources, based in Canada. The Natural Resources Council has long been critical of the project, claiming that Wolfden has been unable to prove that it can safely treat wastewater produced in the mining operation. Wolfden has denied those claims.