The area within the Cortez complex is controlled by Nevada Gold Mines, a joint venture between Barrick Gold (61.5% owner and operator) and Newmont (38.5% owner), with the exception of the Fourmile ...

Nevada’s gold production was down 18% in 2024 to nearly 3.48 million ounces, according to Nevada Division of Minerals.

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) has a message for her Democratic colleagues: If they want to accelerate the nation’s shift to clean energy and electric vehicles, they should embrace mining ...

The legislation also includes a major provision pushed by Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto designed to undo a consequential 2022 court decision that restricted mining companies’ use of federal ...

National conservation groups, tribes and others in Nevada are vigorously protesting a pro-mining bill Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto introduced this week.

Gold production in the Cortez mine complex is mainly from the Nevada Gold Mines joint venture, which is 38.5% owned by Denver-based Newmont Corp. Gold giant Barrick owns the remainder of Nevada ...

Nevada’s Cortez Masto voted to advance the bill out of committee, which includes several provisions from the senator’s own legislation, the Mining Regulatory Clarity Act, co-sponsored by ...

Cortez Masto says the bill will protect good-paying mining jobs in Nevada. Mining generates an estimated $85 million in tax revenue annually to state coffers to help fund education.

Cortez Masto’s bill would ensure mining companies can use established mineral claims to dump waste on neighboring federal lands as they always had before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last ...

Royal Gold announced one of its largest deals ($525 million) in the past several years in 2022, acquiring a 1.2% gross royalty on Nevada Gold Mines LLC's [NGM] Cortez Complex in Nevada, second ...