Dakota Gold has been very busy in the northern Black Hills in recent years, consolidating ownership or leases on large swaths of privately-controlled land and collecting federal mining claims on a large area of Lawrence County. Note that private ownership of the surface of the land can exist in the same place as federal mining … Continue reading ATTENTION: DAKOTA GOLD’s BUSY IN THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS – NEW MAP OF THEIR TEN PROJECTS!
Last night, NDN Collective, Black Hills Clean Water Alliance, and Earthworks filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service for their decision in February to grant a permit for exploratory drilling at Pe’ Sla, a sacred and protected Indigenous site. PeSla, Spring of 2025. BHCWA file photo. The lawsuit is partly based on the Forest … Continue reading LAWSUIT FILED TO STOP GRAPHITE PROJECT AT PE’ SLA
Ponderosa Exploration Drilling Project #64551 Scoping notice was published 7/20/25. Comments are requested through 7/21/2025 11:59:59 PM (Mountain Standard Time). https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/CommentInput?Project=64551 The Northern Hills District of Black Hills National Forest has released information for the proposed Ponderosa gold drilling project, with a 30-day comment period. Your comments are due by July 21, 2025, at 11:59 … Continue reading ATTENTION! PONDEROSA PROJECT COMMENT PERIOD BEGINS NOW!
Dakota Gold is proposing a large-scale mine on privately-controlled land around Richmond Hill. Richmond Hill is by the existing Wharf Mine near Lead in the northern Black Hills. The company has done extensive drilling in the Richmond Hill and Maitland areas. Their plan is to mine both gold that would be heap leached and gold … Continue reading NEW LARGE-SCALE GOLD MINE PLANNED
Join us on March 22nd for World Water Day 2025 from 1-4 pm at the Hay Camp Brewing Co. event space at 601 Kansas City St, Rapid City hosted by Black Hills Clean Water Alliance. World Water Day is a time to reflect on the importance of water throughout our world and is dedicated to … Continue reading Join us for World Water Day 2025 Celebration!
The two-and-a-half-day Protecting the Black Hills from Mining Summit, held on August 20 - 22, was a huge success and received rave reviews. Over 90 people registered to hear 18 speakers give presentations about the past, present, and future of the Black Hills and how we must work together to protect our region as … Continue reading Protecting the Black Hills from Mining Summit was a Huge Success!
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