DAILY BULLDOG • January 10, 2024
The Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC) is about to rule on whether an area on Pickett Mountain should be rezoned to allow mining by Wolfden Resources, a Canadian mining company. Wolfden has no experience operating a mine and their finances are unsure. Allowing such a company to mine in Maine could set a precedent that would allow other similar mining companies here. The zinc mine they are proposing is in a massive sulfide deposit. The sulfides in the ore form sulfuric acid when it gets wet causing highly toxic heavy metals, arsenic, antimony, etc. to be released as acid mine drainage. Why would we want to put our environment at risk just so foreign owned mining companies can set up here and make a lot of money? ~ Lindy Moceus, Vienna