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AEMA Disappointed in the DOI’s Ambler Road Decision

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2024 Media Contact: Kenna O’Neill koneill@miningamerica.org AEMA Disappointed in the DOI’s Ambler Road Decision The American Exploration & Mining Association released the following statement upon the Department of the Interior’s rejection of the Ambler Road project: “This disappointing decision on the...

AEMA’s Statement on the Flawed BLM Conservation and Landscape Health Rule

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2024 Media Contact: Kenna O’Neill koneill@miningamerica.org AEMA’s Statement on the Flawed BLM Conservation and Landscape Health Rule The American Exploration & Mining Association released the following statement on today’s announcement of the final BLM Conservation and Landscape Health Rule: “The BLM’s Conservation...

Monumental Step to Move Bipartisan Good Samaritan Legislation Forward

For Immediate Release Media ContactThursday, March 21, 2024 Kenna O’Neill koneill@miningamerica.org WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representatives Celeste Maloy (R-UT) and Mary Peltola (D-AK) introduced the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. This commonsense legislation is a companion to S. 2781, which was...

Good Samaritan Legislation Approved by EPW

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 18, 2024 Media Contact: Kenna O’Neillkoneill@miningamerica.org Good Samaritan Legislation Approved by EPWAEMA Applauds Senators Risch, Heinrich, Kelly and Lummis for their Leadership WASHINGTON, DC – Today in Washington, D.C., the full Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) held a business meeting in which they...

AEMA’s Statement Regarding the IWG Report

The American Exploration & Mining Association (AEMA) released the following statement from Mark Compton, Executive Director, regarding the Interagency Working Group on Mining Regulations, Laws and Permitting (IWG) report published today: We simply are not moving mining projects forward in a timeframe that will allow our Nation to achieve...

AEMA Hails Sackett v. EPA Decision

AEMA Hails Sackett v. EPA Decision Unanimous Ruling Spells Doom for Biden WOTUS Rule Spokane, WA – The American Exploration & Mining Association (AEMA) reacted to this morning’s unanimous decision from the Supreme Court of the United States in the case Sackett v. EPA. The Sackett ruling...

AEMA Criticizes DOI Withdrawal of Superior National Forest Lands

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 26, 2023 Media Contact: Sid Smithssmith@miningamerica.org SPOKANE, WA – The American Exploration & Mining Association (AEMA) criticized today’s decision by the U.S. Department of Interior to withdraw 225,000 acres of the Superior National Forest in Minnesota from mineral entry and development. “Today,...

AEMA Applauds Funding for Perpetua Resources

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 19, 2022 Media Contact: Sid Smithssmith@miningamerica.org Spokane Valley, WA – Mark Compton, Executive Director of the American Exploration & Mining Association, issued the following statement responding to today’s announcement from Perpetua Resources that the Stibnite Project will receive up to $24.8 million in...