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Flag Resources obtains provincial permit to resume exploration at Wolf Lake, despite opposition
An environmentally contentious mineral exploration program in the Sudbury area will be allowed to proceed.
Junior miner Flag Resources (1985) Limited, a holder of mining leases in the Wolf Lake area, has been issued a mineral exploration permit by the Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, with no conditions attached.
The decision was announced on Oct. 31. Flag Resources applied for the permit earlier this fall. The permit will allow Flag to perform exploration drilling to assess mineral resource potential in the Township of Mackelcan in the Wolf Lake region, 47 kilometres northeast of Sudbury.
The permit application was subject to heavy opposition. Local activist groups including Friends of Temagami and the Wolf Lake Coalition left comments asking the government to protect the area from exploration.
The permit application was posted to the Environmental Registry of Ontario and open to public comment between Sept. 19 and Oct. 19. One commenter wrote, “Please protect Wolf Lake [sic] old growth red pine forest – the world’s biggest remaining old growth red pine forest – by not allowing further mining exploration. Disturbance and debris still remain from past mining exploration activity of the company.”
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