Wisconsin’s Standing Rock: The Back Forty Mine Project


Wisconsin’s Standing Rock: The Back Forty Mine Project


Aqulia Resources is in the process of creating an open-pit sulfide mine along the banks of the Menominee River near Marinette.

The mining company has spent the last 10 years exploring the site for a mine referred to as the Back Forty Project.

According to their website, Aquila Resources has spent over $70 million thus far in the exploration process. If approved, the mine will extract gold, zinc, copper, silver and lead.

The name given to the Back Forty is somewhat of a misnomer. The pit itself is proposed to be 2000 feet wide and 2500 feet long with a total area around 15,000,000 feet, which is about 360 acres...

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Ken Notes: When you look at the money spent so far, the just say no mantra becomes a moot point. What if we asked them to put up 100 million, up front, for site reclamation at the end of the project or accident relief during it. That would at least slow them down a bit.

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