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
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Join us for World Water Day 2025 Celebration!
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!
Is F3 Gold Leaving?
We recently ran an update on the active mining claims held by F3 Gold, which has a permit from the US Forest Service to do exploratory drilling just west of Custer called the Newark Project. The company also requested permission from the Forest Service for a drilling project just northwest of Pactola Reservoir by Jenny Gulch. … Continue reading Is F3 Gold Leaving?
BHCWA Represented at the 18th Annual IEN Protecting Mother Earth Conference
By Miana Fey, Oglala Lakota Nation and Northern Cheyenne This summer, I was invited to represent Black Hills Clean Water Alliance as a panel speaker at the 18th Annual Protecting Mother Earth conference hosted by Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN). The panel I participated in focused on critical mining. We talked about what mining is like … Continue reading BHCWA Represented at the 18th Annual IEN Protecting Mother Earth Conference
STOP NEW URANIUM DRILLING!
EXPLORATION PROJECT PROPOSED AT A VERY SPECIAL PLACE Pair a misnamed company with a place that needs the strongest protection from mining, and what do you get? You get the proposed uranium drilling east of Edgemont in the southern Black Hills, which is part of the larger Chord Project. The company, whose actual name is … Continue reading STOP NEW URANIUM DRILLING!
UPDATED CLAIMS MAP SHOWS A DECREASE
Our updated active mining claims map is here. This new map now shows that there are 1536 fewer claims, yes, we said FEWER, than reported in October of 2023. So now the total acreages of active mining claims in the Black Hills on Federal Lands are at about 261,411 acres vs 293,000 acres that were … Continue reading UPDATED CLAIMS MAP SHOWS A DECREASE
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