Judge Affirms Stricter Interpretation of Federal Mining Law
The new ruling blocks a metals mine in Nevada.
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The new ruling blocks a metals mine in Nevada.
Another judge has adopted a U.S. appellate court's stricter interpretation of a century-and-a-half-old mining law in a new ruling that blocks a metals mine in Nevada. The ruling could have ramifications for a huge lithium mine near the Nevada-Oregon line and other future mines on public lands across the West.U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks in Reno vacated the U.S. Bureau of
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Despite the combined opposition of Indigenous tribes, environmentalists and a rancher, ground broke this week on the Thacker Pass mine.