As part of the settlement, Bunker Hill Mining Corp. will pay EPA up to $20 million, on behalf of Placer Mining, in satisfaction of EPA's past costs claim against Placer Mining, and Placer Mining ...

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Ninth Circuit”) in a November 20th Opinion addressed an issue involving the applicability of the Section 402 Clean Water Act National ...

OROFINO, Idaho (AP) — Fishing, camping and the protection of American Indian artifacts along a northern Idaho river outweigh the desire of placer miners to search for gold, an attorney representing ...

The practice has been controversial because of noise and concerns about harm to fish habitat and water quality. Suction dredge, or placer mining, is a kind of motorized in-stream mineral extraction.