WISCONSIN – Canadian mining company GreenLight Metals announced Monday that early drilling results confirm the presence of significant copper and gold at the Bend deposit in northern Wisconsin.

The company, which does business in the state as Green Light Wisconsin, drilled six holes this summer on less than an acre of the deposit in Taylor County within the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. The Bend deposit is believed to contain about 4.2 million tons of ore that has primarily copper-bearing sulfides and gold.

Green Light is leasing mineral rights from the Soo Line Railroad to explore a 40-acre parcel on land owned by the U.S. Forest Service. The company said early results confirm high-grade copper with significant gold and tellurium, a rare metalloid used in electronics and th

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