Highbanking

A short video on suction dredging.

Does a suction dredge grind fish? NO. We shot this very short video for our presentation during the California Water Board permitting scheme as a result of SB637. It was presented on behalf of the small mining community. A few things to remember: A suction dredge removes 98% of the mercury from waterways. A suction […]

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Nevada Miner’s claim revoked

When John Keady, independent miner and owner of Rock Chuck in Schurz, received a certified letter dated Jan. 27, from the United States Department of the Interior – Bureau of Land Management (BLM) out of Reno, he never dreamt it would be declaring his Last Chance Mine in the Mount Diablo Meridian of Mineral County […]

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AMRA’s formal letter to the California Water Board on SB637 on behalf of small miners

This is our formal letter to the California Water Board on the SB637 permitting scheme. We presented 4 times for small miners during this required process of public comments. We want to thank everyone who attended these meetings and provided input. A special thank you to Craig Lindsay of Western Mining Alliance for disputing the […]

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New 49’ers Jim Foley asks Trump administration to help small miners

Jim Foley, a New 49’er and longtime miner and outspoken advocate for small mining delivers a fantastic speech up in Siskiyou County.  Thank you Jim, well done. http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/article/20170216/NEWS/170219802 Jim Foley asks for help from Trump’s administration

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AMRA/GPAA OUTING CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER THIS FRIDAY

PLEASE SHARE THIS MESSAGE WITH YOUR FELLOW MINERS IF THEY PLANNED ON ATTENDING THIS EVENT. Unfortunately, due to Mother Nature, our joint outing with the GPAA this Friday, February 10th has been cancelled. There are downed trees, power outages, the creeks are over their banks and the metal detecting grounds are under water. This event […]

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Video of CA Water Board hearing from Feb 7th, 2017

This is Craig Lindsay of Western Mining Alliance (WMA) and he destroys the “Fleck report” which the Dept. of Fish and Game used to justify the ban on mining. It wasn’t just flawed, it was intentionally manipulated to obtain the outcome they wanted. Well done Craig.  

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CA Water Board meeting videos

Here are the first 3 parts of the CA Water Board meeting in Fresno held on January 17, 2017:   Part one, Russell Norman, CAWB Part 2, Craig Lindsay, WMA, Western Mining Alliance: Part 3 Shannon Poe, AMRA

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Abolish the EPA? Will Trump’s new head of the EPA do just that?

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/443186/scott-pruitt-abolish-epa   Scott Pruitt abolish the EPA

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Highbanking in CA and the CA Water Board release

This is the CA Water Board stance on highbanking in California. Needless to say, we believe there are so many flaws with the language, it will and must be challenged.   CA Water Board highbanking FAQ

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Pacific Legal Foundation issue’s a statement on Rinehart

This is going to be a difficult road going forward and we have been preparing for this eventuality if Brandon’s case turned out the way it did today. We thought we’d give you PLF’s post today…….. From the Pacific Legal Foundation: http://blog.pacificlegal.org/ca-supreme-court-invites-stat…/

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