A gold mine is popping up near Wickenburg, quite literally. The Bureau of Land Management has approved about 330 public acres to be used for the project.
Rattler Resources anticipates the area of disturbance to be around 95 acres within Rogers Wash.
Chris Wonderly with the BLM says the company will mine the land in parcels and restore the area as they go.
“Going back, going back to the 1860s, there’ve been gold mining activities in that area," Wonderly said.
Wonderly also says the BLM will collect $200 a year per 20 acres for maintaining claims. The project is expected to last at most a decade.
He says the BLM does not collect any royalties on the minerals discovered. However, Arizona does collect from 2% to 8% of the sale value, depending on the negotiation.
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