Court Voids Rock Creek Mine Permit

A Spokane Valley company has been dealt a setback in its effort to open a silver and copper mine beneath Montana’s Cabinet Mountain Wilderness. The Montana Supreme Court on Monday voided a key water quality permit for the proposed Rock Creek Mine in the lower Clark Fork River drainage across the state line from Sandpoint. A four-judge majority found that the road permit the state issued Revett Minerals Inc. for the mine is not strict enough to protect a threatened population of bull trout in Rock Creek, a tributary of the Clark Fork River just above Lake Pend Oreille/ Associated Press . More here.

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