Legislative and Regulatory Update

June 2019 by Scott Harn

• House appropriations bills introduced
• Two Minnesota hardrock mining leases reinstated
• Equal Access to Justice Act

Oregon's Waldo and Galice Mining Districts Unite

September 2016
We ask that all who attend this demonstration bring their mining equipment to display and actively talk with the attending public in a courteous fashion about the benefits of suction dredging…

MMAC & PLP Update

May 2016

PLP had been attempting to raise funds to hire a lobbyist. The excessive cost made it prohibitive, so Clark and Joe packed up their bags and headed off to make this trip themselves.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

March 2013
• Oregon's attack on suction gold dredging
• New DOI Director nominated
• More Forest Service restrictions in the works
• California suction gold dredging

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

October 2017

• Budd-Falen in line to become next director at BLM
• Ten national monuments slated for changes or reductions
• California adds another fee

Suction Dredging Battle Escalates

December 2014
• State attorneys claim the Court of Appeals wrongly relied on South Dakota Mining Association v. Lawrence County regarding federal preemption...

Mining Districts in Montana Get Organized

January 2017
Those miners present immediately recognized the benefits of becoming members of MMAC and joined up on the spot. I spent some time answering a few questions, and then the miners took over.

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