Scoping Comments on Proposed Black Butte Mine DEQ has begun the process of drafting an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Black Butte Copper Project. We recently submitted comments regarding scoping (the initial process of determining what issues should be studied…
This November 2016 Tintina Resources – the Australian backed company proposing a new copper mine in the headwaters of Montana’s famed Smith River – applied for a Clean Water Act Section 404 Permit (AKA, a dredge and fill permit) to…
The Montana DEQ wants to know more about the proposed Black Butte Mine operation and tailing facilities and their potential to contaminate surface water, ground water, and harm the Smith River. In late 2015, Canadian Tintina Resources applied for a permit…
In 2014 we took action to stop the state of Montana from permitting a copper mine in the headwaters of the Smith River. It’s now 2016, and the same proposal is back. A small Canadian company, Tintina Resources, has partnered with…
