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Highland Copper extends White Pine acquisition period

LONGUEUIL, Quebec — Highland Copper Company announced April 4 it had reached an agreement extending the period in which it can acquire the White Pine mining project.

According to the company’s announcement, the deadline to acquire the project from the Copper Range Company has been moved from March 31 to May 6.

The closing on the acquisition is dependent to the release of the Copper Range Company from certain environmental obligations connected to the remediation and closure plan of the historic White Pine site, the announcement said.

Along with the extension of the acquisition period, O...