Trump signs executive order to expedite permitting of Hecla mine
The Trump administration announced last week that it would “expedite permitting” for 10 mining projects across the country, including an exploration beneath the Cabinet Mountains in Lincoln County.
As part of the Libby Exploration Project’s inclusion in the president’s executive order issued last Friday, the proposed copper and silver mine will be added to the government’s FAST-41 Permitting Dashboard. The dashboard, which allows stakeholders and the public to know where the project is in the review process, stated Monday that a detailed permitting timetable for the Libby mine would be published on or before May 2.
However, just because the federal government has stated its commitment to speeding up the permitting process doesn’t mean that copper and silver will be extracted from the mountains any sooner than originally planned, according to officials with Hecla Mining Co., the company that owns the proposed mine.
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