End of summer to-do list: Pay mining claim maintenance fees

By Eric L. Martin For many Americans, the last half of August brings into intense focus all that the end of summer entails: back to school, Labor Day barbeques, etc. However, to those in the western U.S. mining industry, the last half of August also implicates the critical task of ensuring that unpatented federal mining claims do not become automatically…

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U.S. DOJ, Hudbay get split decision on Rosemont

On May 12, Hudbay Minerals confirmed that it and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) received a split decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirming the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona’s decision in July 2019 on its Rosemont copper project in Arizona. The decision states the Court of Appeals agreed with the…

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