A Canadian mining company, Lucky Minerals Inc., has submitted a proposed mineral exploration project in Emigrant Gulch in the Custer-Gallatin National Forest. The proposed mineral exploration project would be located approximately 7 miles southeast of Emigrant, Montana, near Yellowstone National Park and the historic Chico Hot Springs.Grizzly bears and other wildlife rely on the lands and water of this area as habitat. It is a popular year-round recreation area. Emigrant Creek flows through Emigrant Gulch and is a tributary of the Yellowstone River.The Custer Gallatin National Forest and Montana Department of Environmental Quality are seeking comments on this proposed mineral exploration project in Emigrant Gulch. Lucky Minerals Inc. submitted the proposal to assess the potential to develop a copper, gold, silver or molybdenum mine within this segment of the Yellowstone Ecosystem by drilling 12 exploration holes. The drill sites are located within unpatented mining claims on the western flank of Emigrant Peak. Learn more about this project at this U.S. Forest Service site: www.fs.usda.gov/project/
For further questions call Peter Werner, Custer Gallatin National Forest, at (406) 587-6962. Comments on the proposal should be submitted by July 15, 2015, to Peter Werner, Project Lead, Custer Gallatin National Forest Supervisors Office (10 E Babcock, Bozeman, MT 59715) or by email at: FS-comments-northern-galla
For more information about this event, please contact Park County Environmental Council at (406) 223-4714 or email Michelle Uberuaga, michelle@envirocouncil.org or contact the Greater Yellowstone Coalition at 406.586.1593 or e-mail jjosephson@greateryellowst
