MAINE MONITOR • February 26, 2023
Representatives from Canadian mining company Exiro Mineral Corp were in Union and Warren last week to talk about their plans to look for nickel, copper and cobalt near Crawford Pond, a move has already rankled many residents, some of whom turned out to voice their displeasure at meetings last Wednesday and Thursday. Exiro President, CEO and founder Shastri Ramnath fielded questions from residents, several of whom worried about water contamination and property values. She stressed that mining has changed, and said the company is looking to work with the community, not against it. Exiro is the second Canadian company to publicly test the waters in Maine in the past few years. Wolfden Resources Corp. filed a second application in January to rezone an area east of Katahdin.