Environmental and Natural Resources

Rosemont Project FEIS, ROD and Unpatented Mining Claims Dealt Blow by Arizona District Court

by James P. Allen and Michael C. Ford The Rosemont Copper Project suffered a shocking setback with a July 31, 2019 order issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in Center for Biological Diversity, et al., v. United States Fish & Wildlife Service, et al. (4:17-cv-00475-JAS).  In a nutshell, the Court ruled […]

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Lurking in the Shadows—Issues in Developing Historic Mine Properties: Part 1

by Jim Allen It’s a familiar admonition to exploration geologists seeking new mineral deposits:  Look first “in the shadow of the headframe.”  For a variety of reasons, a new source of production is more likely to be found not far from where historic mining took place.  But historic mining property comes with a list of […]

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