Legislation & Regulation
Fighting and Winning Without a Lawyer
August 2013 by Steve Hicks
This article may not be as interesting as someone describing a big nugget find in Australia...but right now the biggest obstacle to mining is our government.Nevada Mining Tax Cap Repeal Clears Committee
An Assembly panel approved a measure to repeal the constitutional tax cap on net proceeds paid by mining companies in Nevada.
AMRA Takes On USFS in Idaho
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CA Supreme Court Rules Against Rinehart - But There Is A Solution
Even if the California Supreme Court had ruled in favor of Rinehart, suction dredge miners would be facing the wrath of the State Water Resources Control Board...
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Feds Sue California over Sales of Public Lands
They cited concerns that the Trump administration would allow more logging, oil drilling, mining or development on some of the 46 million acres controlled by the federal government in California.
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• "Recreational" mining bills in Washington State
• Three more national monuments
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