BLM CONSIDERS NEW GOLD MINING PLAN OF OPERATIONS NEAR HEREFORD

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following press release:

BAKER CITY, Ore.-The Bureau of Land Management is considering an operator's plan to mine for gold across 820 acres of public land in Baker County. The BLM manages almost a third of the nation's minerals, and gold mining is a critical piece of the administration's effort to and build a more secure domestic supply chain.

"Gold has been an important part of Oregon's mining history and economy," said Mike Decker, acting Vale District Manager. "Oregon's mineral resources are helping America build a more secure domestic supply chain."

Over the next 20 years, the Reeds Gulch Mining Plan proposes mining activity on about hal...