February 1, 2023
The Thacker Pass project is in Humboldt County near the Oregon line.
U.S. District Judge Miranda Du granted the government’s motion to dismiss claims the mine is being built illegally near the sacred site of an 1865 massacre along the Nevada-Oregon line.
The Interior Department announced May 16 it is taking steps to clarify mineral rights under the 1872 law to reflect the “realities of the 21st century.”
U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks in Reno vacated the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s approval of a planned molybdenum mine in Eureka County.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request for an emergency injunction.
The investment is contingent on the Thacker Pass project clearing environmental and legal challenges.
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