ATTENTION! PONDEROSA PROJECT COMMENT PERIOD BEGINS NOW!

June 21, 2025June 30, 20251 Comment

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!

NEW LARGE-SCALE GOLD MINE PLANNED

March 12, 2025Leave a comment

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

Is F3 Gold Leaving?

February 1, 2025February 1, 2025Leave a comment

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?

SAY YES! Support the Forest Service’s proposal to Protect 20,574 acres of the Black Hills.

September 22, 2024October 17, 20242 Comments

The US Forest Service has issued a draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) in support of the proposed Pactola Reservoir - Rapid Creek Watershed mineral claims withdrawal that was proposed in March, 2023. This is the proposed 20,574-acre mineral withdrawal around Pactola Reservoir and along Upper Rapid Creek – the … Continue reading SAY YES! Support the Forest Service’s proposal to Protect 20,574 acres of the Black Hills.

FOREST SERVICE GIVES SPLIT DECISION

June 20, 2024Leave a comment

Black Hills National Forest sent Custer County a clear message by giving a proposed gold drilling exploration project just west of Custer City the go-ahead. The Forest Service issued a "categorical exclusion," which means that they do not plan to do any further environmental review of F3 Gold's proposed Newark Project. While the Forest Service … Continue reading FOREST SERVICE GIVES SPLIT DECISION

FOREST SERVICE GIVES GOLDEN CREST PROJECT THE GREEN LIGHT

May 1, 2024

The US Forest Service has given the Golden Crest gold exploration project permission to move ahead. The company – Solitario Resources -- expects to start drilling in the area just west of Spearfish Canyon in June. Because the 1872 Mining Law gives anyone permission to explore on federal lands, if they have a mining claim, … Continue reading FOREST SERVICE GIVES GOLDEN CREST PROJECT THE GREEN LIGHT

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