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LIVE RAFFLE ON FACEBOOK!!!

We are hosting another live raffle with the GPAA at the Las Vegas show April 22nd and 23rd!  Can’t make it to Vegas?  Purchase your tickets and watch the raffle live on Facebook!  Want to support the small miners?  Get your tickets today. We have well over $15,000 in prizes we are going to be […]

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About the EPA

We have long held to the belief that the EPA is the most dangerous government agency in America. They have lost numerous lawsuits for regulatory over-reach, have fined property owners $37,000 per day for digging ponds on their own private property (only to have that reversed by the courts) and have a 7 billion dollar […]

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A message from us at AMRA

As you all know by now, we are facing some significant challenges with the never ending assault on small mining and public land use all across America. With the election of Mr. Trump, it appears to have some lights shining at the end of that tunnel.   Take for example some of these things we […]

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Waters Of The United States (WOTUS)

We have received an overwhelming response to our post yesterday about President Trump’s Executive Order eliminating the WOTUS (Waters Of The United States) power grab by the EPA.   Let’s clear a few things up here;   First, the EPA did not have the Constitutional authority to do this rule in the first place as […]

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Trump signs EO on “Waters of the USA” to stop the EPA

With the stroke of a pen today, President Trump just neutered the EPA’s totalitarian dream of controlling every river, lake, mud puddle, ditch and rain gutter in America. This will have positive effects for small miners. Many may recall we stood up to the EPA for several years in Northern Idaho on the SF Clearwater […]

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AMRA’s 2017 schedule for outings and shows

AMRA’s 2017 schedule for outings and shows. If you’d like to volunteer for an event, please let us know which event you can help at and how many in your group which can volunteer. March 2017 ● 11-12 GPAA Gold Show: Phoenix, AZ Arizona Exposition and State Fair 1826 W. McDowell Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85007 […]

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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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