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Polymet's Northmet Project:

NorthMet Mining Project and Land Exchange Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement November 2013 http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/input/environmentalreview/polymet/sdeis/full_sdeis.pdf

NorthMet Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/input/environmentalreview/polymet/index.html

ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE MINING with examples of environmentally responsible mines.

http://technology.infomine.com/enviromine/publicat/enviroresponse.html

http://www.nevadacopper.com/s/Home.asp

http://flambeaumine.com/images/pdfs/news-release-072512.pdf


Reverse Osmosis / Water Quality:

Acid Rock Drainage http://www.miningminnesota.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/WHATABOUTACIDROCKDRAINAGE.pdf

These reports relate to methyl mercury and sulfate cycling in NE Minnesota streams and in the St. Louis River estuary. https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lands_minerals/dnr_so4_research.html

http://www.miningfacts.org/Environment/How-are-the-effects-of-mining-on-water-quality-monitored-/

https://www.fluencecorp.com/what-is-a-membrane-process/

http://www.wqa.org/sitelogic.cfm?ID=872ID=872

Case Studies: https://www.fluencecorp.com/cases/

Case Study: Dunka Mine Minnesota (Lessons Learned) http://www.itrcweb.org/miningwaste-guidance/cs_dunka_mine.htm

Sulfate: Copper Education - Minnesota And Flambeau Comparisons, Ore Sulfide Bodies

http://www.frontiernet.net/~babbittcs/WSMMRL/cemfcosb.html

Water Resource Documents Regarding Sulfate And Water Quality In Three Minnesota Cities

http://www.frontiernet.net/~babbittcs/WSMMRL/uwrwdrs.html

Truth on sulfate and wild rice - Facts/ Regulatory Environment Piece. http://www.virginiamn.com/opinion/letters/truth-on-sulfate-and-wild-rice/article_de9ebad2-c549-11e4-8770-f7901cc34427.html


Some Current Minnesota Mining Projects:

http://polymetmining.com/

http://www.twin-metals.com/


Copper Nickel Mining

The Cobalt Pipeline-WAPO multimedia expose on horrendous conditions mining in The Congo.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/business/batteries/congo-cobalt-mining-for-lithium-ion-battery/


Mine permitting delays-pdf file
http://nma.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Fact-Sheet-Permitting-Delays-1.pdf


HF 2283 Permit to mine sulfide ore bodies
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2283&version=0&session=ls90&sessionyear=2017&sessionnu
mber=0


Importance of metals-
http://polymetmining.com/northmet-project/importance-of-metals/


WSJ-Mining Giants Ride Copper's Wave
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mining-giants-ride-coppers-wave-1487513617


Mining process
http://polymetmining.com/northmet-project/mining-process/



Copper Nickel Discussions

Copper and Nickel Mining in Minnesota (UMD) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQELZoL2yUov=VQELZoL2yUo


Mining History:

http://miningartifacts.homestead.com/indexminnesotamininghistory.html

http://www.miningartifacts.org/Minnesota-MInes.html

Some vanished settlements of the Arrowhead country / Julius F. Wolff, Jr. http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/34/v34i05p177-184.pdf

17 Level (Pioneer Mine Operations) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taORtR8-5Ug&fb_source=messagev=taORtR8-5Ug&fb_source=message


Mining Tools And Resources:

Minnesota Minerals Coordinating Committee http://mcc.mn.gov/

Additional Information on Minerals and Mining in Minnesota http://mcc.mn.gov/links.html

Laurentian Vision Partnership http://www.lvpmn.org/toolsresources/

State regulations and reclamation rules related to nonferrous metallic minerals exploration and development http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lands_minerals/metallic_nf/regulations.html


Where tax revenues go:

http://www.revenue.state.mn.us/businesses/mineral/Documents/2011_mining_guide.pdf

http://www.revenue.state.mn.us/businesses/mineral/Documents/2013_mining_guide.pdf

Highlighted Maps and Interactive Web Map Servers of Minnesota Geology, Minerals, and Mines:

http://mcc.mn.gov/maps.html


Economic Impact:

The Economic Impact of Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Mining on the State of Minnesota and the Arrowhead Region, including Douglas County, Wisconsin https://www.leg.state.mn.us/docs/2009/other/090521.pdf

Minnesota Department Of Employment And Economic Development https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oes/OccSelect.aspx


Informational Photos:

How mining taxes support your school. Source: Mining Tax Guide https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oes/OccSelect.aspx

Could you raise a family on an average Tourism job? http://www.frontiernet.net/~babbittcs/WSMMRL/images/raise%20family%20average%20tourism%20job.jpg

Would you conclude that Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Mining projects are important to Minnesota's future? http://www.frontiernet.net/~babbittcs/WSMMRL/images/fnfimportant.jpg>


Tax Impact Totals

So what exactly will be the impact of mining to this region?
http://www.frontiernet.net/~babbittcs/WSMMRL/images/mimpact.jpg

A little reminder again just how important mining is to Northeast Minnesota.
http://www.frontiernet.net/~babbittcs/WSMMRL/images/hug%20a%20ranger.jpg


Mineral Uses:

http://www.frontiernet.net/~babbittcs/WSMMRL/images/muses.jpg

Duluth Complex and Flambeau Mine Site Sulfide Comparison. http://www.frontiernet.net/~babbittcs/WSMMRL/images/ore%20comparison.jpg

Flambeau Mine Monitored Discharges http://www.frontiernet.net/~babbittcs/WSMMRL/images/flambeau%20outflow%20experience.jpg

Support Minnesota Mining! - MN GOP Photo http://www.frontiernet.net/~babbittcs/WSMMRL/images/smmgop.jpg


Mineral Resources:

Mineral Resources of Minnesota: Past, Present,and Future
http://www.d.umn.edu/~mille066/Outreach/MN%20Min%20Resources.MESTA11.pdf


Financial Assurance:

Minnesota Financial Assurance Requirements for Non-ferrous Mining
http://www.frontiernet.net/~babbittcs/WSMMRL/mfarnm.html


Useful Reading:

According to this report, only 10% of 47,000 abandoned mines on BLM and USFS lands have contaminated the nearby waters. http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/SiteCleanup/upload/AML_Ten-Year_Rpt.pdf

Clean water and the PolyMet copper-nickel project http://www.frontiernet.net/~babbittcs/WSMMRL/cspcnp.html

Why Minnesota Should Say Yes to Copper - Nickel Mineral Development! http://www.frontiernet.net/~babbittcs/WSMMRL/wmycnmd.html

Polymet's Permit To Mine Requirements http://www.frontiernet.net/~babbittcs/WSMMRL/pptmr.html

What you should know already about precious metals mining! http://www.frontiernet.net/~babbittcs/WSMMRL/wsnpmm.html


Education:

Copper Development Association Inc. http://www.copper.org/education/

Digging Into the Promise of Copper https://www.leg.state.mn.us/webcontent/lrl/guides/coppernickel/digging.pdf

Minerals Education Association: http://www.mineralseducationcoalition.org/

Casey Research-Mining and Environment-Fact vs Fear
https://www.caseyresearch.com/mining-and-environment-facts-vs.-fear-cdd/


Michael Cole-Mining Jobs pay a lot more than Tourism Jobs
http://www.frontiernet.net/~babbittcs/WSMMRL/mcmtj.html


Minerals Make Life-Mining Tech and Minerals at the Forefront of Sustainability
http://mineralsmakelife.org/blog/mining-tech-and-minerals-at-the-forefront-of-sustainability/


Copper.org-Copper in the USA: Bright future-Glorious past https://www.copper.org/education/history/us-history/


Minnesota Dept. of Health-Sulfate in Well Water
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/wells/waterquality/sulfate.html


Drilling:

Bedrock core drilling: Mineral exploration in Minnesota
https://www.ideadrilling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Idea_Booklet_01G.pdf

Resolutions Supporting Strategic Metals Mining

http://jobsforminnesotans.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Supportive-Mining-Resolutions-newest-to-oldest.pdf


Ecoterrorism:

http://www.akdart.com/enviro5.html

GRAPHIC: Eco-Protesters in Wisconsin Assault Mine Workers
http://mediatrackers.org/wisconsin/2013/07/11/graphic-eco-protesters-in-wisconsin-assault-mine-workers


Environmentalism:

Activist Facts: Research on the people and agendas behind the groups. https://www.activistfacts.com/

Lord Christopher Monckton ends the Global Warming Debate and proves its a Hoax
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGqcweY1a3I

Professor Bob Carter torpedoes the "scientific consensus" on the climate HOAX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpfMM3bVbhQ

http://www.green-agenda.com/globalrevolution.html

http://markhumphrys.com/environmentalism.html


Agenda 21 and Agenda 2030:

Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld

Agenda 2030 Translator: How to Read the UN's New Sustainable Development Goals http://www.activistpost.com/2015/09/agenda-2030-translator.html

Obama, Pope Francis, COP21, ICLEI, UN Agenda 21 AND 2030, And Global Meetings Sept 2015 https://randrewohge.wordpress.com/2015/08/25/obama-pope-francis-cop21-iclei-un-agenda-21-and-2030-and-global-meetings-sept-2015/

Minnesota Green Step Cities http://greenstep.pca.state.mn.us/

Agenda 21 In One Easy Lesson http://americanpolicy.org/agenda21/

Keep Minnesota Free http://americanpolicy.org/agenda21

Rosa Koire Speech about Agenda 21 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-qLUQlmBk4v=H-qLUQlmBk4

NextStep - Agenda 21 in Minnesota

Agenda 21 http://agendatwentyone.wordpress.com/

Democrats Against Agenda 21 http://www.democratsagainstunagenda21.com/

Freedom Advocates http://www.democratsagainstunagenda21.com/

MorphCity http://www.morphcity.com/

Stop Agenda 21 and Stop ICLEI in Minnesota
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Agenda-21-and-Stop-ICLEI-in-Minnesota/131897980296187

http://www.globalistagenda.org/

http://green-agenda.com/

America 2050 http://www.america2050.org/

Senile Dianne Feinstein Surreptitious Desert Wilderness Protection Act To Block Gold Mining: Agenda 21 Shutting Down The United States Gold Mining, Biden's Anti Coal, & Obama Anti Oil.

http://politicalvelcraft.org/2013/01/09/senile-dianne-feinsteins-surreptitious-desert-wilderness-protection-act-to-block-gold-mining-agenda-21-shutting-down-the-united-states-gold-mining-bidens-anti-coal-obamas-anti-oil/

Green Funding:

Russian Money and Useful American Idiots: The Same Old Story Russian Money and Useful American Idiots: The Same Old Story

Social Capitalists: Wall Street's Progressive Partners https://intercontinentalcry.org/social-capitalists-wall-streets-progressive-partners/

Green Decoys https://www.greendecoys.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/GreenDecoys_Update_April2015.compressed.pdf

Minerals Sourcing:

Special Report on Consumer Electronics: The Human Toll Behind the Minerals https://republicofmining.com/2013/12/18/reprisk-releases-special-report-on-consumer-electronics-the-human-toll-behind-the-mining/


Polls:

QUESTION: Do you think Minnesota should approve or reject the application from PolyMet for a new copper and nickel mine on the Iron Range?

New Survey Shows Support for the Future of Minnesota Mining Industry http://jobsforminnesotans.org/new-survey-shows-support-for-the-future-of-minnesotas-mining-industry/


Videos On Mining:

Ely's Jay Mackie speaks on Ely and mining. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k5n6RY9gzPAv=k5n6RY9gzPA

Ely's Bill Erzar speaks on impact of mining on schools. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xXuq_USSkkATom v=xXuq_USSkkATom

Rukavina support for ferrous and non ferrous mining. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i1J32JO27qYv=i1J32JO27qY

Rep. Rick Nolan backtracks on support for PolyMet permitting bill http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/09/1261434/-Rep-Rick-Nolan-backtracks-on-support-for-PolyMet-permitting-bill#



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https://www.facebook.com/Jobs4MN

https://www.facebook.com/UpNorthJobs/

https://www.facebook.com/TwinMetalsMN/

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