NORTHERN HILLS — Solitario Zinc Corp. is not planning to mine for gold in Spearfish Canyon.
The company submitted an application for an exploratory drilling permit to look for signs of gold within the rock in the limestone plateau area, west of Lead and about six miles west of Spearfish Canyon. The permit approval process with the U.S. Forest Service could take a year or more from the application date of February 2022 before the necessary environmental studies, public comment and investigative studies are completed.
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