Legislation & Regulation
Minnesota Delays Decision on Mineral Leases
November 2011 by Patrick Condon
Landowners complained that mineral mining on or near their property could damage property values while leaving them without a cut of potential profits.Protecting Our Access to Public Lands
As prospectors, we cannot just roll over and continue to ignore the shift in public land management from multiple use to national preserve.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
- Welcome changes in Washington, DC
- Giving power back to the people
Selenium, Mercury and Suction Dredging—Studies Contradict CA State Water Resources Board
Federal and state regulatory agencies often cite mercury and methyl mercury in our waterways as a major factor for further restrictions on placer mining, and on suction gold dredge mining, in particular. However, these regulatory agencies are minimizing selenium and its neutralizing effects.
PLP and MMAC Update
Minerals and Mining Advisory Council (MMAC) founder Joe Martori met with Jim Scrivner, the Bureau of Land Management Deputy State Director of Energy and Minerals in Sacramento, California...
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Refunds coming to Nevada claimholders
• More wilderness proposed
• Forest Service planning rule
Legislative and Regulatory Update
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act
• CA suction dredging update
• Appropriations Bill addresses problems at EPA
• Bad science, worse policy
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The Bawl Mill
• Legislative And Regulatory Update
• Ask The Experts—Compensation for closed mining claim?
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• Gold From Cemented Gravels
• Evolution Of A Gold Prospect
• Gold, Quartz & Chalcedony—Part II
• Alaska to Target Rare-Earths
• Alaska's Cripple Creek Mining District
• The Gold Of Horseshoe Bend
• Tyrie's Roadway Nugget
• Melman on Gold & Silver
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