The Latest: Firm blasts US curbs on mining near Yellowstone
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Latest on the Interior Secretary’s announcement on mining claims outside Yellowstone (all times local):
1:10 p.m.
A representative of a company seeking to mine for gold near Yellowstone National Park says a halt on new mining claims in the area appears designed to sink the project.
U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Monday announced a two-year ban on new mining claims across more than 30,000 acres of public land north of the park.