Grant County youth will have more opportunities to explore, learn, and connect in the outdoors thanks to nearly $100,000 in Outdoor Equity Fund grants from the New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Division. Three Grant County organizations, Gila Resources Information Project, Earth Ways Inc., and The Bike Works, were among 54 organizations statewide selected for the first […]
Grant County to Vote on Data Center Moratorium Ordinance and More Updates On Thursday, the Grant County Commission approved a notice of intent to consider a one-year moratorium for data centers. Brought forth by Commissioner Nancy Stephens in response to the Site Layer 1 Data Center proposal noticed in the Silver City Daily Press at […]
Mining and Minerals Division Hearing Recap and Opportunities to Submit Public Comment New Mexico Copper Corporation (NMCC) has proposed to reopen the Copper Flat Mine outside of Hillsboro in Sierra County. State regulators are reviewing the revised Copper Flat application, giving New Mexicans another opportunity to ask whether the mine can operate and be reclaimed […]
Silver City, NM – U.S.-based mineral exploration company Ivanhoe Electric submitted to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) a “relinquishment” of 642 mining claims on 13,264 acres in the Gila National Forest that it had staked in 2024 for copper exploration. According to the BLM, mining claim relinquishment is “the formal, voluntary surrender of all […]
Site Layer 1 Data Center Proposed for Grant County Speak Up on Behalf of Our Water Resources, Clean Air and Long-term Future A New York-based, multi-billion-dollar investment firm, Corner Venture Capital, is proposing to construct a data center in southern Grant County that could consume enormous amounts of natural gas and potentially thousands of acre-feet […]
Mining and Minerals Division to hold public hearing on Copper Flat Mine September 17 The NM Mining and Minerals Division will hold a public hearing on the reopening of the Copper Flat Mine outside of Hillsboro on Thursday, September 17 at 5:30 pm at the Hillsboro Community Center. NM Copper Corporation has submitted a new […]
Within days of Ivanhoe Electric’s withdrawal of its draft exploration Plan of Operations, GRIP discovered that Rio Tinto, through its subsidiary Kennecott Exploration, had filed with BLM and the Grant County Clerk’s Office documentation for 250 lode claims on approximately 5,000 acres of the Gila National Forest near the Continental Divide Trail, northwest of Silver City. A number […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 20, 2026 Contact: Allyson Siwik, Gila Resources Information Project – 575.590.7619 cell Todd Schulke, Center for Biological Diversity – 575.574.5962 cell Community Opposition Forces Ivanhoe Electric to Withdraw Exploration Proposal from Gila National Forest Silver City, NM – Today, U.S.-based mineral exploration company Ivanhoe Electric withdrew its geophysical survey Plan […]
Photo: Ben Lilly Overlook, Dennis O’Keefe Speak up to protect the Gila National Forest from a massive new mining exploration project being developed by Ivanhoe Electric, a U.S.-based mineral exploration company. In 2024, the company’s subsidiary, Pinos Altos Exploration, staked 642 lode claims covering 13,264 acres of Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and […]
Riparian restoration effort aims to protect a rare spring-fed floodplain forest, strengthen stream and habitat resilience and ensure future generations of native trees along Bear Creek By Scott Zager, GRIP GIS Specialist/Plant Ecologist Last summer, GRIP began an ecological restoration project at Dorsey Spring, a 32-acre floodplain forest along Bear Creek in a remote corner […]
2026 Gila Resources Information Project
