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  • Mining bill awaits Alaska House concurrence on technical changes

    North Of 60 Mining News|Updated Apr 18, 2004

    Alaska miners who file their paperwork late will not immediately lose a mining claim, but would pay a penalty for the late filing under a bill that passed the Alaska Senate April 6 and was headed back to the House for concurrence on technical changes. House Bill 344, sponsored by Rep. Hugh Fate, R-Fairbanks, changes the current law that says if a miner misses the filing deadline for annual rental fees, statements of annual labor and production royalty for a mining claim, the claim is considered abandoned. Both the early March...