Weekly Update (August 24, 2026)

California Mining-Rights Brief — August 24, 2026 No new California prospecting statute, suction-dredge rule, Forest Service prospecting regulation or 1872 Mining Law amendment was finalized during the past week. Three developments are still worth noting. Court halts...

SUBMIT A PUBLIC COMMENT to USFS’s New Proposal to Streamline Regulations

A few weeks ago we shared the USFS’s new proposal to streamline regulations as they pertain to Plans of Operations (PoO) and Notices of Intent (NOI) to mine on USFS managed lands. In this post is our response to this proposal and we ask you click on the SHARE...