Expert Review of Tintina’s Mine Operating Permit

by MTUvolunteer

Montana Trout Unlimited presents a review of the mine permit application Tintina Resources submitted December 15, 2015 to the Department of Environmental Quality . The review was conducted by outside professional consultants Montana TU retained.

The consultants’ findings uncovered significant shortcomings in items such as operation descriptions as well as data completeness and quality for items such as water rights, groundwater characterization, fisheries, degradation potential of cemented paste tailings and mine discharge.
Please click on the links following each experts name and position, for their complete review:

These consultants were further advised by Dave Chambers, PhD, president, CSP2, geophysicist, Bozeman, Montana.

For further questions please contact David Brooks, [email protected], or Colin Cooney, [email protected]

Tintina’s 50+ year mine plan

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The red circle is the current Black Butte project. All of the other colored areas are federal mine claims or private leases owned by the company. You can see what their real plan is, turn this area into a 50+ year mining district right by the Smith River.

Anglers asking for Zero Risk on the Smith River

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Read a letter sent to Governor Steve Bullock signed by over 45 businesses and representatives of Montana’s fly-fishing industry and others who share a grave concern regarding the proposed mine in the headwaters of the Smith River. Their plea is to establish a zero-risk threshold and closely scrutinize every detail of the upcoming mine proposal for its effects on water, wildlife, fish and the sustainable recreational economy the Smith river supports.