Here it is taken from the Alaska Forum and the link works.
Leonard
I have not verified this information personally, but it seems legit because it is in the federal register.
Jim
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Date: May 21, 2013
Subject: All Public Lands are Gone Officially as of April 2013
To All concerned citizens,
What I have been conveying for the last year and a half has come true. The Obama Administration under executive order has registered on the Federal Registry,
https://www.federalregister.gov/article ... energy#h-8 https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/04/30/2013-10087/segregation-of-lands-renewable-energy#h-8that all public lands are to be taken out of the 1872 mining law and to give first right of refusal to the wind and solar industry for the next two years.
Any public lands that do not have an application, permit or plan of operation on it is GONE to the claim holder. If you want to voice an opinion you Must show up to this weeks BLM Steering Committee meeting from 6:30 to 8:30 pm 300 South Richmond Road Ridgecrest, CA 93555. They are going to go after private lands after this citing that they are not being used for anything. It is not a conspiracy theory it is now reality.
There will be a pre-meeting at Sleepy Bear Mine from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM with the Chairman of the Desert Advisory Council (DAC) and it will launch the new California Desert District Mining Coalition to start the fight.
Think about this. All club claims are gone, your dream of mining a claim is gone, you won't even be able to register a claim, the registered claim you currently have that is not operating as a commercial mine is gone,
UNLESS YOU TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND FIGHT. IT STILL MIGHT BE TO LATE FOR MOST––––
Kirk MacKenzie
http://www.defendruralamerica.com/DRA/Home.html ---
James Foley
Property and Mining Rights Advocate
Klamath River, California
jfoley@sisqtel.net