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The reformerArizona Congressman Raúl Grijalva wants to implement a 12.5 per cent royalty on all new hardrock mining operations on public lands

Arizona Congressman Raúl Grijalva wants to implement a 12.5 per cent royalty on all new hardrock mining operations on public lands

Matthew Coyte

July 16, 2019

Raúl Grijalva, Arizona Congressman. Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr

When U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant first enacted the “General Mining Act of 1872,” his goal was to develop the western states by exempting hardrock mining companies from paying a federal royalty for any mining done on public lands. The hope was that the law would encourage companies to prospect and mine minerals such as gold, platinum and silver.

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