It looks like plans are moving ahead over in the western U.P. for Orvana to mine near White Pine, a former mining community turned something of a ghost town. Right now the first test of the company's application to the DEQ has been passed.
Excerpt: Michigan environmental regulators say they've tentatively approved plans for a copper and silver mine in the far western Upper Peninsula.
The Department of Environmental Quality said Friday it had determined that Orvana Resources U.S. Corp.'s application meets state mining standards.
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Source: The Republic
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