ICMJ Elected Prospecting Magazine of 1999

December 1999 by Staff

Nice Specimen Gold Recovered in Northern California

September 2017

Each specimen is carefully examined to determine if it would be beneficial or not to use an acid treatment to reveal more of the gold.

BLM 3809 Final Rule Implications

March 2001
Many readers of ICMJ have asked for more information regarding the BLM’s 3809 regulation changes that were pushed through just prior to the departure of the Clinton Administration.

The Bawl Mill

June 2009
• What the government wants the government gets...
• A drop in the ocean...
• Do we get a paycheck for this?

Battle Heats Up Over California Suction Dredging

March 2010
The State of California is seeking dismissal of the federal lawsuit filed by Public Lands for the People (PLP) on grounds that they are immune from such lawsuits under the 11th Amendment to the US Constitution. However, there is plenty of prior case precedence suggesting that state officials and agencies are open to such lawsuits when they assume responsibility for regulatory authority from the federal government.

Copper Mine Opening in Utah

April 2006
A second copper mine is opening in Utah with prices for the metal at their highest in a decade.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

February 2018

• Critical minerals a priority
• Montana miners win again
• MSHA backs down
• Environmental groups as foreign agents

Special Suction Dredge Permits in Jeopardy

October 1999
As we go to press, Horseshoe Bar Action & Research, a division of the Gold Country Miners small-scale mining club, brought to ICMJ's attention a potentially very significant problem for gold dredgers in California.

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