Legislation & Regulation
US Rare Earths: We Have & We Have Not
August 2017 by Don Fife
America’s premier source of strategic REEs were regulated out of business and 300 employees lost their jobs. For almost fifteen years America has been dependent on the communist Chinese cartel.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
- House appropriations bills introduced
- Two Minnesota hardrock mining leases reinstated
- Equal Access to Justice Act
Constitutional Sheriffs Standing Up for Our Rights
Modoc County, California, is the latest county to use emergency powers to declare a state of emergency in order to take control of roads and trails away from federal agencies.
US Policies Holding Back Arizona
Washington’s decision to bar new uranium mining near the Grand Canyon and other federal policies on energy and resource issues are barriers holding back Arizona and its residents from prosperity, Governor Jan Brewer told a congressional hearing March 16.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Critical minerals obtain national security status
• Idaho to take over EPA permitting
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• California dredging update
• Favorable bills in Congress
Successful Rally for Suction Dredge Miners in Idaho
Representative Paul Shepherd stopped by, and Idaho County Commissioner Jim Chmelik dove with one of the dredgers so he could see for himself that no harm was being done to fish or their habitat.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Comment deadlines approaching for frog listings and habitat
• EPA seeks more control
• Comments due in Washington
• California dredging moratorium
• PLF sues to delist polar bear
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• Ask The Experts: How would you go about evaluating a silver deposit?
• Legislative and Regulatory Update
• How to Make a Rock Sled for Dredging
• More on Detecting Pocket Gold
• The Rochester Mining District of Nevada
• Early Summer Mining in Wyoming
• National Hall of Fame Names 2017 Inductees
• EPA Reopens Comments on Pebble Project
• Over the Divide: Wayne (Jerry) Keene 1934-2017
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
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