Mining in the Angeles Forest: San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
Mining claims in the Angeles National Forest are in flux with President Obama’s creation of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument in October of 2014.
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…
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…