Small Scale Mine Owners To Loose Fee Exemption And Other Surprises In The Proposed 2016 BLM Budget

New challenges could be in the works for prospectors on Bureau of Land Management claims. Yesterday, February 2, 2015, The BLM posted the Obama Administration’s proposed 2016 budget for the Bureau of Land Management. While the press release highlights conservation and renewable energy priorities, nestled deep in the budget are some unpleasant surprises for miners…

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Compare Facebook to Gold

Everybody’s doing it Now that the market capitalization behind the global gold mining industry has dipped to $150 billion, the new fun thing to do is compare it to Facebook’s $175 billion market cap. Yes, according to investors, the two are pretty much equal, which has funds like the OCM Gold Fund touting graphs demonstrating…

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