BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 3, 2023
Patten officials have decided to put a resolution approving a mining project to a town vote. For months, Wolfden coaxed area towns to endorse its 374-acre mining project on Pickett Mountain. The company devised a short resolution favoring the project. The mountain is close to Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. At issue is the resolution’s language regarding where the company’s ore processing facility and toxic tailings storage will be located, and Maine Department of Environmental Protection regulations about the mining impacts on the town. Without time for information sessions, voters will not have accurate facts to make an informed decision prior to voting later this year, some town officials said.