Ask the Experts

March 2014 by Chris Ralph

Legislative and Regulatory Update

October 2013
• Judge refuses to grant preliminary injuction to end suction gold dredging moratorium in California
• Proposed listing of Yellow-legged frog and Yosemite Toad in northern California

Judge Backs Minnesota's Twin Metals Mine in Lease Dispute

April 2020

Legislative and Regulatory Update

August 2018

• Pruitt out at EPA
• NDAA still under negotiation
• AMRA’s California mining bill fails to reach floor vote

Legislative and Regulatory Update

April 2015
• Positive bill passes House
• Anti-mining bill dies in Washington State

Legislative and Regulatory Update

December 2013
• BLM claim fees rise
• Critical minerals bill
• Sage-grouse habitat

Modern-Day Claim Jumping

September 2016
We soon found that our discovery post and other claim markers were gone and replaced with new posts and a notice of location with an earlier date than had been on our notice of location.

Suction Dredging Battle Escalates

December 2014
• State attorneys claim the Court of Appeals wrongly relied on South Dakota Mining Association v. Lawrence County regarding federal preemption...

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