Federal judge revokes Hecla’s state water permit for Rock Creek copper/silver mine in montana

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A Montana District Court judge has revoked Hecla Mining’s state water rights permit for its proposed Rock Creek copper and silver underground mine in the state’s northwest Cabinet Mountains. In a ruling last week made public Tuesday, Judge Kathy Seeley sided with plaintiff Earthjustice, representing several environmental groups, that the room-and- pillar underground mine would permanently dewater pristine streams in the Cabinet Mountain Wilderness.