![]() In 2012 Twin Metals requested that the U.S. The Denial of Twin Metals' Mineral-lease Renewals The campaign's goal is to keep sulfide-ore copper mining out of the watershed of the Boundary Waters to protect the natural heritage of this national treasure as well as to support the stable, sustainable economy of its wilderness-edge communities. The campaign to save the Boundary Waters was first organized in 2013 by residents of northeastern Minnesota today its proponents have grown into a national coalition of nonprofit organizations and allies, including the Center. ![]() With a potential mining area covering more than 25,000 acres, this would be the largest underground mine in Minnesota's history - and in fact one of the largest mines in the world. ![]() A large company called Twin Metals is working with Chilean mining company Antofagasta to advance its “Twin Metals mine proposal,” to be sited near the wilderness. Thousands of acres within the Boundary Waters watershed have been leased to mining companies for mineral exploration.
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