Urgent call to action for Washington State on bill to ban suction dredging

by Shannon Poe | Jan 11, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation

Critical small mining bill proposed in Washington State Urgent action required Washington State Democrats have reintroduced yet another bill to put a moratorium (ban) on small mining (dredging) in the state. House bill 1077 would impose over-regulation on suction...

AMRA will be attending the CA Water Board meetings

by Shannon Poe | Jan 4, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events

Several of you have asked if we are attending the CA Water Board meetings coming up. Yes, we are and have posted several times that we will be there. The first one is in Fresno on Jan 17th. WMA, Western Mining Alliance will also be there and Craig and I are on the...

More national monuments by the Obama administration

by Shannon Poe | Dec 29, 2016 | All About Mining, Current Legislation

In the last remaining few weeks of the Obama Administration, we are witnessing a massive “taking” of public lands. This is one of those takings… Thank you Brad Jones for the information. Department of the Interior Seal U.S. Department of Agriculture...

Utah Republicans plan to counteract Obama’s move on Bears Ears

by Shannon Poe | Dec 27, 2016 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events

An excerpt from this article states “A president has never before rescinded a previous monument designation, although in a few instances, presidents have shrunk the boundaries of a previous president’s proclamations” Just because it has not been done, does...

Mr. Trump, put the small miners back to work

by Shannon Poe | Dec 26, 2016 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events

Mr. Trump is expected to have a deep impact on mining in general, but should have a positive impact on the stunning over-regulation us small miners have seen. Mr. Trump, please put us small miners back to work, it’s been 8 years of what can only be described as...

Mr. Zinke, Trump’s pick for the Secretary of the Department of the Interior

by Shannon Poe | Dec 22, 2016 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events

It is important for all to understand just what our Federal Government is doing with your public lands and how their decisions impact real property mining claims. This is a great explanation of how our government takes our lands, and gives us a bit of insight into...