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Actively mined areas would be limited to five acres, and would require water monitoring, land restoration and "dark sky" standards.

Under the proposal, a lithium mine could be regulated more like a gravel quarry as long as the developers can show that it wouldn't result in the type of toxic runoff that triggers Maine's more stringent metallic mining laws.

The public will have a chance to weigh in on a proposed mining project in northern Penobscot County this fall.

The prospect of adding nearly 300 local jobs is a top consideration for many of those who have already shared feedback with state regulators about a proposal to rezone close to 400 acres in northern Penobscot County for a metallic mineral mining operation.

On Thursday night, nearly 200 people turned out at the Masonic Lodge in Union to discuss how they might prevent the company from moving ahead.

Wolfden Resource Corp. is trying again to rezone an area in northern Penobscot County, where it hopes to build a metallic metal mining operation. A previous attempt sparked concerns from environmentalists, Maine's tribes and others.

Representatives from a Canadian mining company have been meeting quietly with local officials in far northern Maine, hoping to gain support for a controversial proposal that would test the state’s stringent new mining regulations.

The small Down East town of Pembroke has decided to ban industrial-scale mineral mining, following initial exploration by a Canadian-based company that wanted to mine the region for silver.

Now partially exposed, the deposit is estimated to have a higher percentage lithium content by weight than any other in the world.

Little says Wolfden will hire technical experts more familiar with Maine's regulatory structures to help create a new application.