GOOD NEWS! HUGE DROP IN THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE MINING CLAIMS IN THE BLACK HILLS! Something important is changing in the Black Hills – something that we’re very happy to report. Between September 2025 and July 2026, the number of active mining claims in the Black Hills dropped by 20%! There are now 9,973 active … Continue reading Mapping Claims Update
Exploratory drilling began this past week at the Rochford Mineral Exploration Project in the central Black Hills. This is an effort to mine graphite at Pe’ Sla, which is a significant cultural and ceremonial landscape that has been used by indigenous people for many generations – and that is still used for those purposes. Last … Continue reading GRAPHITE DRILLING BEGINS AT LIEN PROJECT AT PE’ SLA
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
SECOND URANIUM EXPLORATION PROJECT THREATENS CRAVEN CANYON A Canadian company has applied for a second time to explore for radioactive uranium at Craven Canyon in the southern Black Hills. This project is named the October Jinx Project, which is on federal land. It is part of the larger Chord Project. The company is named Clean Nuclear Energy Corporation … Continue reading CALL TO ACTION: COMMENTS NEEDED TO PROTECT CRAVEN CANYON
January 7, 2026 Press Release Contact: Lilias Jarding, Ph.D. Please Contact Us HERE. The large out-of-state – and often international -- mining companies operating in the Black Hills have a history of doing business here using a public front that is an entity that is organized in South Dakota. The local Powertech Uranium is a … Continue reading DID LIEN SELL OUT?
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