By Duncan Adams, Montana Standard
Montana Tunnels mined gold, silver, zinc and lead at its open-pit mine near Jefferson City.
But the troubled mine hasn’t operated since 2008, and its permit was suspended in 2018 for failure to post an adequate bond. In December 2022, Montana Tunnels filed for Chapter 11 federal bankruptcy protection.
At the time, Derf Johnson, deputy director for the Montana Environmental Information Center, described the bankruptcy petition as predictable and appalling.
Another shoe dropped Thursday.
