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Hecla forging ahead with Northwest Montana mines

by JUSTIN FRANZ Montana Free Press
| June 11, 2021 7:00 AM

Officials with an Idaho-based mining company developing two large copper and silver mines in Northwest Montana said they are undeterred by a recent ruling that could let the state label its CEO a "bad actor" because of a failed mine cleanup more than two decades ago in a different part of the state.

Having CEO Phillips S...

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