More:Canadian company to purchase interest in Wisconsin gold and copper deposits for $7 million. The Bend deposit, located within the Chequamegon National Forest, is about 19 miles north of Medford.

Aquila explored the Bend and Reef deposits in 2011 and 2012, but since then no further action has been taken, partially due to a mining moratorium in Wisconsin in place until the state Legislature ...

Last year, the DNR announced the discovery of gold grains and small gold deposits up near Lake Vermillion. But that's not the only area to find gold in Minnesota or Wisconsin.