[vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=””][vc_column width=”1/12″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]MORTON, Wash. (AP) – The U.S. Forest Service has accepted a Canadian company’s application to conduct exploratory mining about 12 miles northeast of the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument boundary.
The Columbian reports (http://bit.ly/2xvV2QP ) the public will have 45 days to object the approval beginning Thursday.
Ascot Resources Ltd. plans to search for copper, gold and molybdenum, a compound commonly used in steel alloys due to its high melting point.
Cowlitz Valley District Ranger Gar Abbas acknowledged concerns that the approval could lead to new mine, but says officials only authorized 63 roadside exploration holes measuring 2-3 inches in diameter.
Matt Little, executive director of the Cascade Forest Conservancy, called the approval ridiculous. He says officials are ignoring tens of thousands of citizens who’ve asked to protect the Green River Valley.
 
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MORTON, Wash. (AP) – The U.S. Forest Service has accepted a Canadian company’s application to conduct exploratory mining about 12 miles northeast of the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument boundary.
The Columbian reported the public will have 45 days to object the approval, beginning Thursday.
Ascot Resources Ltd. plans to search for copper, gold and molybdenum, a compound commonly used in steel alloys due to its high melting point.
Cowlitz Valley District Ranger Gar Abbas acknowledged concerns that the approval could lead to new mine, but said officials only authorized 63 roadside exploration holes measuring two to three inches in diameter.
Matt Little, executive director of the Cascade Forest Conservancy, called the approval “ridiculous.” Officials are ignoring tens of thousands of citizens who’ve asked to protect the Green River Valley, Little said.
 
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[vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=””][vc_column width=”1/12″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]PUBLIC LANDS – The U.S. Forest Service has issued a draft decision consenting to exploratory drilling in the Green River valley, just outside the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. A 45-day objection periods started on Tuesday.
Permits would allow a Canadian mining company, Ascot Resources Ltd., to drill 63 drill holes from 23 drill pads to locate deposits of copper, gold, and molybdenum on roughly 900 acres of public lands.
A coalition of conservation and recreation groups opposes the project, claiming mining exploration and development will disrupt recreation, pollute waters and impact steelhead habitat.
The city of Kelso recently passed a resolution opposing the mine because of impacts from leaking mine effluent and failed toxic tailings ponds that would result from locating a mine in an active volcanic zone.
 
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