Legislation & Regulation
US Rare Earths: We Have & We Have Not
August 2017 by Don Fife
America’s premier source of strategic REEs were regulated out of business and 300 employees lost their jobs. For almost fifteen years America has been dependent on the communist Chinese cartel.
California Dredgers: A Step Closer to Getting Back in the Water
...Judge Ochoa ordered the parties to participate in mandatory settlement hearings starting June 24, 2014.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• EPA investigated for environmental ties
• Hundreds of miners show up to rally at Oregon State Capitol
• DOI nominee would be bad for miners
Proof Mining Districts Work!
If you need more proof that having an organized Mining District can help you, look no further than the recently proposed Methow Headwaters Withdrawal in north-central Washington State.
MMAC & PLP Update
May 2016PLP had been attempting to raise funds to hire a lobbyist. The excessive cost made it prohibitive, so Clark and Joe packed up their bags and headed off to make this trip themselves.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Big win by a California suction gold dredger
• Administration locks up another popular gold mining area
• BLM creates de facto wilderness without Congressional approval
Legislative and Regulatory Update
Suction dredging court cases in California linger on
PLP Update
All 28 groups listed agree that Section 402 of the Clean Water Act does not apply and no dredge miner should be asking a state or federal agency for such a permit.
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• Ask The Experts: How would you go about evaluating a silver deposit?
• Legislative and Regulatory Update
• How to Make a Rock Sled for Dredging
• More on Detecting Pocket Gold
• The Rochester Mining District of Nevada
• Early Summer Mining in Wyoming
• National Hall of Fame Names 2017 Inductees
• EPA Reopens Comments on Pebble Project
• Over the Divide: Wayne (Jerry) Keene 1934-2017
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
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