Wakefield Township continues to support mining effort

By RICHARD JENKINS

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WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP — The Wakefield Township board of trustees on Tuesday expressed its continued support for Highland Copper’s effort to develop a mine in the township.

Wakefield Township Supervisor John Cox said the support will extend to the upcoming Michigan Department of Environmental Quality public hearing regarding several permits for the company’s Copperwood Project in northern Ironwood and Wakefield townships.

“All five of our board members will be there and we’ll be standing together. I’ll be making a statement,” Cox told...