STAFF WITH THE Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Forest Service meet with representatives of GreenLight Metals at the site of proposed drilling within the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. (Photo courtesy of GreenLight Metals)

A Taylor County judge has denied a northern Wisconsin tribe’s request to temporarily halt state approval of a mining company’s plans to drill for copper and gold on Forest Service land near Medford.

In February, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued a general construction site permit for mining company Green Light Wisconsin to drill at the Bend Deposit in Taylor County. The deposit is believed to contain 4.2 million tons of mostly copper and gold.

In March, the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa sued the DNR. The

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