Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
SYLVAIN COLLARD, general manager of the Highland Corporation, briefed the Bessemer City Council on the bright future of mining in the area.
By IAN MINIELLY
BESSEMER - Sylvain Collard, general manager of Highland Copper Company Inc., provided the Bessemer city council a brief before they voted on a resolution supporting the Highland Corporation's efforts to open up mines in the area. Collard outlined the three routes Highland is working on.
-The Copperwood project, which will begin construction in the third quarter of 2018 and should employ 250-350 people during construction and 300-400 during full-blown mining operations.
-The Whitepine North project, which is currently in desktop planning and accordin...
