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Canadian company finds 1 billion lbs. of copper in MT
January 17, 2012 8:08 PM
Governor Brian Schweitzer has a tray of mining samples in his office from mines all across Montana and if Canadian mining company Tintina Resources has its way, one more will be added to the bunch. "We've identified nearly 1 billion pounds of copper in the ground," Tintina Resources Vice... more » -
Removing mountaintops yields coal, controversy
August 12, 2011 2:15 PM
In the Appalachian Mountains, there is a method of mining that is as much a source of controversy as it is a source of energy: mountaintop removal. It's a surface mining method where large explosions and equipment are used to remove coal. In the United States, coal provides half... more » -
GA company expands drilling at Granite Co mine site
April 23, 2011 2:39 PM
A Georgia-based mining company is expanding its exploratory drilling at a gold mining site in western Granite County, bringing a larger drilling rig in to the property near Rock Creek. Dutch Gold Resources is exploring the Basin Gulch claim in greater detail this spring, after initial test drilling last... more » -
Missoula rally to back North Fork preservation
February 15, 2011 9:29 AM
MISSOULA - Some students are petitioning British Columbia and U.S. leaders for a permanent protection for the North Fork of the Flathead. The petitions will call on both B.C. and U.S. leadership to declare this pristine area permanently off limits for oil and gas drilling and coal mining. ... more » -
Conservation groups to put up millions to fund North Fork agreement Play Video
February 14, 2011 6:13 PM
KALISPELL - Governor Brian Schweitzer says that American and Canadian groups are coming through with millions of dollars to finance an agreement between Montana and British Columbia to ban mining in the Canadian Flathead Valley. Monday's announcement comes almost a year after Schweitzer and B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell signed... more » -
Stillwater Mining negotiating palladium contract with Ford
March 11, 2010 10:02 AM
The Stillwater Mining Company says it is negotiating its contract with the Ford Motor Company. The current contract expires at the end of the year and includes minimum prices Stillwater receives for its Platinum Group Metals from Ford. Stillwater's Chief Financial Officer Gregory Wing told a group at... more » -
B.C.-Montana ink Flathead agreement
February 18, 2010 2:19 PM
VANCOVER, BC - There are no moves to form a new national park, but a new agreement signed Thursday morning formalizes a ban on mining in British Columbia's Flathead River Valley. And the Memorandum of Understanding between Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer and B.C. Premiere Gordon Campbell does set up... more » -
British Columbia bans Flathead mining Play Video
February 9, 2010 8:17 PM
VANCOVER, BC - British Columbia Premiere Gordon Campbell is moving to ban all mining activities in the pristine Flathead River Valley, in an unexpected development, saying mining operations "will not be permitted". The announcement Tuesday as Lieutenant Governor Steven L. Point delivered the annual Speech from the Throne to... more »
