The Boise National Forest approved exploratory drilling on the CuMo Project 14-miles north of Idaho City in March. Three months later, conservation groups filed a lawsuit in an attempt to stop mining on this project for the third time.

The CuMo Project is a proposed copper, silver and molybdenum mine near the headwaters of Grimes Creek in the Boise River watershed. It's located in Boise County, north of Centerville in the mountains in between Idaho City, Horseshoe Bend and Garden Valley.

Check out the video to see where this proposed mine is located — Conservation groups lawsuit stops the CuMo Project in Boise County for now

"We need to know what the ore body actually has before we ultimately decide if this is worth developing or whether it is not," said Andrew Brodkey, the CEO of

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