Brandon Rinehart

What is the travel management rule?

The Travel Management Plan/Rule was designed to keep roads open for the public…who owns the lands.  What it has morphed into is a restrictive tool to keep us out.   Plumas News has a good article on how this was created and where it is today: USFS Travel Management Rule continues to be controversial Or […]

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Update on the dredge ban in Oregon

Oregon: Note the language written by the Statesman Journal in this article about the recently passed bill banning dredging. They use the term “hobbyist”. Suction dredging is not a hobby. We do not practice catch and release gold mining and toss the gold back into the stream. We dredge with the intent to make money, […]

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Our recent letter to President Trump

To the President of the United States of America The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500   Dear President Donald J. Trump,                                                          April 5, 2017 I am one of many, many independent full time small scale gold miners in America struggling to survive due to massive regulation and bills passed during […]

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PLF, Pacific Legal Foundation steps up again for the public

https://www.pacificlegal.org/releases/release-4-5-17-granat-1-1449 Pacific Legal Foundation press release, click here

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Bering Sea Gold’s Steve Pomrenke makes a donation to AMRA

Steve Pomrenke spoke with Jere, Connie and Don (our Sr. Board members) in the elevator last night in Portland at the GPAA show and thanked us for all we do. Steve just came up to our booth and presented AMRA with a check for $500 out of his own pocket. If you are in Portland, […]

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LIVE RAFFLE ON FACEBOOK!!!

We are hosting another live raffle with the GPAA at the Las Vegas show April 22nd and 23rd!  Can’t make it to Vegas?  Purchase your tickets and watch the raffle live on Facebook!  Want to support the small miners?  Get your tickets today. We have well over $15,000 in prizes we are going to be […]

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