There are now five new gold mining companies that have active mining claims and/or have applied for mining permits in the Black Hills. In addition, there is the massive Wharf gold mine in the Northern Black Hills which is the only operating large-scale gold mining in the state of South Dakota. Each one of these companies may have multiple projects. We are working to keep you informed to help protect Black Hills land and water from this modern-day gold rush.
See the Claims Maps slide show showing how the land and water are being threatened.
October 2023 shows 293,000 acres compared to April 2022 at 184,000 acres.
10/5/2023 – OCTOBER CLAIMS MAP SHOWS 293,000 ACRES UNDER CLAIMS – HERE
4/27/23 – APRIL CLAIMS MAP SHOWS 248,000 ACRES UNDER CLAIMS – HERE
12/30/22 – DECEMBER CLAIMS MAP SHOWS 228,000 ACRES UNDER CLAIMS – HERE
8/9/22 – AUGUST CLAIMS MAP SHOWS 202, 000 ACRES UNDER CLAIMS – HERE
4/20/22 – APRIL CLAIMS MAP SHOWS 184,000 ACRES UNDER CLAIMS – HERE.
Agnico Eagle
PROSPECTIVE LESSEE AGREEMENT, AGNICO EAGLE MINES LIMITED, AGNICO EAGLE (USA) LIMITED, LAWRENCE COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA Notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, of a prospective lessee agreement between the…
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Wharf Resources Gold Mine
The Wharf Mine, owned by Coeur Mining, headquartered in Chicago, ILL, is the only active large-scale gold/silver mine in the Black Hills. The Wharf gold mine is an open pit, heap leach operation located in…
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Badlands Resources (aka MMR)
UPDATE: NOV. 8, 2023 On November 8, 2023 The Vancouver, BC company announced that the company’s board of directors authorized a “Name Change” to Badlands Resources Inc. UPDATE: SEPT. 15, 2020 The South Dakota Department of…
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F3 Gold
F3 Gold, which is based in Minneapolis, has mining claims on claims in about 62 sections (square miles) in the central Black Hills, stretching from Sheridan Lake to north of the Lawrence-Pennington County line. It…
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Dakota Gold and DTRC Projects
Update: October 18, 2023 DTRC IS AT IT AGAIN! DTRC LCC, also known as Dakota Territories Resource Corporation and working under an arrangement with Dakota Gold, has filed a “Notice of Intent” for yet another…
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Solitario Resources Corp.
In any season, witnessing the beauty while cruising, or just sitting, in Spearfish Canyon, located in the Black Hills in western South Dakota, shows why it is recognized as “one of the premiere national landscapes…
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- Badlands Resouces (Previously Mineral Mountain Resources (MMR)
- Dakota Gold & Dakota Territory Resource Corp.
- F3 Gold – Projects are the Jenny Gulch (POO) and the Newark (POO)
- Solitario Resources Corp. Projects are Golden Crest (POO) and the Ponderosa (POO)
- Wharf Resources (USA) Gold Mine
Black Hills Clean Water Alliance 