BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 13, 2021
A Canadian firm that is seeking a zoning change for a controversial proposed mining operation in northern Maine plans to conduct test surveys at another idled mining site in Washington County. Wolfden Resources Corp., based in Ontario, is exploring the possibility of mining for silver at the closed Big Hill mine in Pembroke. The company said drilling and ground surveys at the site, which it calls “Big Silver,” could start next month. Wolfden also is seeking approval from the state’s Land Use Planning Commission to rezone 528 acres it owns around Pickett Mountain, near Mount Chase in northern Penobscot County, so that it can develop a minerals mine — a proposal that is opposed by Natural Resources Council of Maine.