Legislative and Regulatory Update

April 2018 by Scott Harn

• Proposed budget for EPA
• California SB 1222
• 640 million acres and counting
• Gold and silver bullion

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.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

January 2011
• California suction dredgers had better prepare for battle

Legislative and Regulatory Update

October 2018

• Interior Department reigns in “sue and settle”
• Comments needed on Forest Service Part 228 regulations

Ask the Experts

March 2014
NOI or POO for small backhoe

Legislative and Regulatory Update

March 2011
• Idaho maintains control
• Enough wilderness already
• Restraining the EPA
• Republicans on the attack
• DOI requests hard rock royalty
• New Forest Service plans
• Bill supporting small miners
• New mercury emission regs
• Latest info on California suction dredging

Legislative and Regulatory Update

September 2014
• Show of support needed for anti-EPA bills
• Arizona mining data now online
• California suction dredge hearings
• Update on Forest Service abuse in Washington

Forest Service Seeks to Lock Miners Out in South Dakota

January 2016

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