Legislation & Regulation
Legislation and Regulation
June 2023 by Jordan Harger
MMAC & PLP Update
…what I’d like to focus on in this update is the assistance they provided to a suction gold dredger in Idaho being harassed by an environmental group.
Trump Proposes $1.5 Billion to Fund US Uranium Production
US uranium mines produced less than 174,000 pounds in 2019, according to the February Energy Information Administration report. That’s down from 4.9 million pounds in 2014.
National Forest Closures in California
I found I could not go prospecting in areas where I did not have a mining claim and the Forest Service thought my mere presence was a danger to the forest.
MMAC & PLP Update
Many miners have failed to exercise their rights by using the power of their Mining Districts and laws that are already on the books, such as 43 CFR 9712.1, which states…
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• California suction dredging regulations
• Draft Coho recovery plan for Southern Oregon, Northern California
• Sage-grouse
PLP Update
The ESA has become an unwieldy beast that was hijacked by government agencies run amok, and by extreme environmental groups who saw it as a way to lock up public lands and to generate income through exaggerated claims and continuous lawsuits.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Trump cabinet forming
• Last minute regulations
• California suction dredging
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The Idaho Gamble Part 2
• The April Fools Nugget
• Detecting the Hills of Hornitos
• Havin' Fun at the Uranium and Gold Mines
• Underground Blasting at a Gold Mine. '3...2...1...Fire in the Hole!'
• Resource Maven Independent Analysis of the Resource Markets
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The Bawl Mill
• PLP Update
• ICMJ Visits Sonora, CA
