The mining company NewPeak Finland has applied for permission to search for ore in a total of seven locations in Pirkanmaa. Each has been appealed to the administrative court.
The administrative court of Hämeenlinna has revoked the Australian-owned mining company Newpeak Finland’s ore prospecting permit in Nokian Metsäkylä.
According to the administrative court’s decision, it has not been possible to indisputably ensure in the permit order that the ore prospecting will not cause harm to the area’s highly endangered river pearl mussel.
The ore prospecting area is located in the immediate vicinity of the Pinsiön-Matalusjoki Natura 2000 area. It is a nationally valuable site, which is the last remaining habitat of the protected river pearl mussel in southern Finland.
According to Pirkanmaa ely-keskus, the quality of the water and bottom of the Pinsiön-Matalusjoki is already unfavorable for the endangered species, so additional loading can have significant effects.
However, the decision of the Administrative Court does not yet mean that the Metsäkylä ore prospecting project has now been finally buried.
The variegated onion can decide the fate of Hopevauori
A total of four appeals were made to the Administrative Court about the mineral exploration permits granted to Pirkanmaa. The other three appeals were rejected with minor changes. In Ylöjärvi, the ore exploration area of \u200b\u200bJärvenpää was reduced by 1.17 hectares and the area of \u200b\u200bLavajärvi, located on the border of Hämeenkyrö, by 1.1 hectares.
At least the fate of Valkeakoski’s Hopeavuori has been discussed in the Supreme Administrative Court, if the appeal is granted. Pirkanmaa’s nature protection district and Valkeakoski nature have provided Pirkanmaa’s ely center with information about new occurrences of the butterfly butterfly near the Hopevauori ore exploration area.
Hopevauori is particularly attractive from the mining company’s point of view, as gold mineral deposits have been found in the area in previous drilling. Conservationists are concerned about the arsenic content of the bedrock. It is feared that the drilling waste will poison the scattered butterfly deposits.
The spotted onion belongs to the strictly protected species in the EU. Destroying and undermining the breeding and resting place of a butterfly is prohibited according to the Nature Conservation Act.
In the light of previous experiences, the rainbow bean is not necessarily enough to get an environmental permit or a mining permit. Because of this endangered butterfly species, nature conservationists have fought in Valkeakoski before.
The Finnish subsidiary of another Australian mining company, Dragon Mining, has an open pit in Valkeakoski’s Kaapelinkulma. The fate of this was debated until the Supreme Administrative Court.
The permit expired when the mining company committed to preserve the forest zones intended to protect the butterfly.
NewPeak is waiting for the conclusion of the legal proceedings
NewPeak has applications for a total of seven different locations in Pirkanmaa. In addition to the previously mentioned, there is interest in another area in Hopevauori, as well as in the areas of Kalliojärvi in \u200b\u200bLempäälä and Isovei in Sastamala. Complaints about these have also been filed with the Hämeenlinna Administrative Court.
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