Five environmental groups filed court documents Tuesday in yet another attempt to force the Golden Sunlight Mine near Whitehall to refill its massive open pit once the company ceases gold mine ...
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An environmental group is suing Montana environmental regulators over a permit allowing the expansion of a gold mining operation near Whitehall without requiring the Canadian ...
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In a recent article published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers presented a novel mining technique titled the short-wall roadway backfill mining (SRBM) method. The technique aims to ...
After consultations with lawyers and company officials over a judge's ruling striking down a reclamation law, managers at Golden Sunlight mine near Whitehall believe they will not have to backfill the ...
HELENA - A mining company's potential profits are secondary to environmental concerns when the state selects mine reclamation plans, a state judge has ruled. In a decision late last week on a lawsuit ...
Sovereign Metals and Rio Tinto. Rio Tinto invested in Sovereign in July 2023, resulting in an initial 15% shareholding and options, and expiring within 12 months of initial investment, to increase its ...
At the Berkeley Pit, researchers hope to extract valuable metals to increase U.S. production of rare earths used in electric cars, medical advances and national defense. Ongoing extraction inside the ...