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Testimony of Jennifer Krill before US House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources

PUBLICATION DATE: March 21, 2013

AUTHOR: Jennifer Krill

SUMMARY: Hardrock mining companies in the United States enjoy subsidies and loopholes that create an extremely friendly regulatory environment for them.

Community Groups Opposed HR 4402

PUBLICATION DATE: July 5, 2012

[Factsheet] HR 4402: Threatening Water Resources, Disenfranchising Communities

PUBLICATION DATE: May 11, 2012

AUTHOR: EARTHWORKS

Earthworks Montanore SDEIS Comments

PUBLICATION DATE: December 21, 2011

AUTHOR: Bonnie Gestring

SUMMARY: Earthworks comments on the supplemental draft environmental impact statement for the Montanore mine proposed underneath the federally designated Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Area in northwest Montana.

The General Mining Law of 1872

PUBLICATION DATE: September 16, 2011

AUTHOR: Lauren Pagel, Alan Septoff

POLL: Montanans’ opinion on 1872 Mining Law Reform

PUBLICATION DATE: October 27, 2008

AUTHOR: EARTHWORKS, Sportsmen United for Sensible Mining

USFS Mining Rule Proposal

PUBLICATION DATE: June 20, 2008

AUTHOR: Lauren Pagel

Factoid #3: Mining: Public Land’s Biggest Celebrity

PUBLICATION DATE: October 16, 2007

Hardrock Mining in Idaho

PUBLICATION DATE: October 2, 2007

AUTHOR: Cathy Carlson

A Hardrock Royalty

PUBLICATION DATE: October 2, 2007

AUTHOR: Alan Septoff

SUMMARY:

Although in public statements mining companies and industry trade associations have expressed support for a royalty, to date the hardrock mining industry has never paid a royalty on the metals they take from public lands. Since 1872, when the law that governs mining on public lands was written, at least $245 billion worth of metals like gold, silver, copper, and uranium have been mined with no return to the taxpayer.