Legislative and Regulatory Update

September 2015 by Scott Harn

Significant Progress for California Suction Gold Dredgers

January 2015
It was a milestone day in the battle to maintain the rights of miners to dredge on federal mining claims in California.

Suction Gold Dredge Miners Win On Federal Preemption

February 2015
Judge Ochoa went so far as to call the California permit scheme “unenforceable.”

Trump Proposes $1.5 Billion to Fund US Uranium Production

March 2020

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.

Northwestern Alaska Mineral Resources

February 2016
Gold and jade are actually only minor mineral resources for the Northwestern Alaska region as a whole. Modern prospecting has focused more on base metal than precious metal resources.

SB 838 and the Salem Witch Hunt

December 2015
In every sense, this was a witch hunt with a preconceived agenda to heavily restrict or outright prohibit most small-scale mining in Oregon.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

April 2011
• Oregon dredging bill defeated
• California bill would exempt dredgers from permitting
• Possible ESA listing
• Washington State tries to impose more fees on miners

Oregon Miners Take DEQ to Court, Again

January 2011
Since 2005, a group representing a handful of Oregon and Washington mining organizations, centered around the Eastern Oregon Mining Association (EOMA) and the Waldo Mining District (WMD), have been actively fighting the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) over their then new “700PM Suction Dredge Mining Permit.”

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