5+ hour, 37+ min ago  (639+ words) The Durango Herald Responsible mining? The La Platas are not ours to gamble away I cry during movies frequently, though I am rarely " if ever " wrecked by a children's movie. "Hoppers" did it; minutes in, I felt tears welling as…...

5+ hour, 37+ min ago  (1665+ words) Metallic Minerals, a Canadian-based mineral exploration company, has been investigating portions of the La Plata Mountains in both Montezuma and La Plata counties as a potential mining district since 2019. Preliminary exploration and research conducted by the company suggest the mountains…...

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1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (753+ words) A Vancouver-based uranium company is seeking federal approval to conduct exploratory uranium drilling within the Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico, according to U. S. Forest Service officials. Gamma Resources Ltd. issued a notice of intent late last month to the…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (204+ words) Mine waste is an understudied resource containing critical minerals needed for the economy and national security. In addition to exploring the subsurface for critical minerals, the U. S. Geological Survey and partners in Colorado are mapping aboveground resources to unlock the value…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (258+ words) The Congressional Review Act was first adopted in 1996, and rarely used until the past few years. Congress is applying it to override decisions made in land management plans by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. The CRA has…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (573+ words) The transfer of federal forest land in Arizona to a pair of international companies that plan to mine one of the largest copper deposits in North America is complete, but a group of Apache women is asking the U. S. Supreme Court…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (371+ words) An exploratory drilling project in the La Plata Mountains by Metallic Minerals raises the possibility of a 21st-century mining operation in La Plata County " and an opportunity to measure potential impacts concurrently. It marks a shift in a region where…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (556+ words) In the years leading up to Colorado statehood, nearly all of the territory's western half still belonged to the Ute people, who had inhabited the northern Colorado Plateau for centuries. An 1868 treaty between the U. S. government and six bands of the…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (428+ words) A boom in mercury mining is underway in Mexico's pine-covered mountains known as the Sierra Gorda " one of the most biodiverse stretches of the country. Here are some takeaways from AP's report on the issue: Mercury's journey from central Mexico…...