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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		Oneida Co. Approves Mining-Related Drilling Near Wolf River; Full DNR Approval Still Required
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:05:04
	Publish Date:		2020-04-22 14:45:04
	Description:		On Wednesday, a mining exploration company got a step closer to drilling into the earth near the Wolf River in Oneida County. The county’s Planning and Development committee unanimously approved a permit for Badger Minerals to drill up to ten exploration holes on a private plot of land. The company wants to find out if the area could be a good place for a metallic mine. But, if it wasn’t clear before, public backlash demonstrated there’s plenty of opposition in the Northwoods. It’s the first exploratory drilling permit the county has approved under a revised zoning code on mining. Badger Minerals, a Michigan-based subsidiary of a Canadian company, is seeking to drill ten exploration holes to an average depth of 400 feet. Some of the holes would be within a few thousand feet of the Wolf River. If the company moves forward, it would be the first mining-related exploratory drilling in Oneida County since at least the 1980s, and the first in Wisconsin since drilling in 2012 at the Bend
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