LUPC commissioners question if Pickett Mountain is best location for proposed mine

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • December 13, 2023

Members of the Land Use Planning Commission questioned a Canadian mining company’s finances and its plan to excavate metallic minerals in the middle of the state’s waters and wildlife habitat. Commissioners deliberated Wednesday at Jeff’s Catering in Brewer following 11 months of document gathering, public comment and four days of public hearings on Wolfden’s application to change the zoning for 374 acres at Pickett Mountain in northern Penobscot County for a proposed underground metallic mineral mine. The deliberations were held to provide guidance to LUPC staff who will draft a recommendation to either approve or deny the application.