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Speak Up for Our Water Resources at Copper Flat Mine Public Hearing
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 […]
Rio Tinto Files Mineral Claims over 5,000 Acres of the Gila National Forest
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 […]
Community Opposition Forces Ivanhoe Electric to Withdraw Exploration Proposal
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 […]
Rio Tinto Files Mineral Claims over 5,000 Acres of the Gila National Forest
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 […]
Community Opposition Forces Ivanhoe Electric to Withdraw Exploration Proposal
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 […]