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LakeVermilion

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1. The same is true in northern Minnesota!

Reply to quaint (Original post)

Mon Mar 30, 2026, 10:19 AM

21 hrs ago

A Chilean mining company wants to do copper/nickel mining near the headwaters of the Boundary Waters Wilderness Area.

What is appalling is that the area's representative, Pete Stauber, is supporting the mining company.

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Next to Joshua Tree NP mining company is staking claim for rare earth minerals [View all] quaint 22 hrs ago OP

The same is true in northern Minnesota! LakeVermilion 21 hrs ago #1

No... No... A thousand times... ultralite001 19 hrs ago #2