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Raúl Grijalva: Companies will simply be discouraged from developing the minerals on my behalf because it just doesn't make sense…

On the recordJune 4, 2019
Companies will simply be discouraged from developing the minerals on my behalf because it just doesn't make sense economically or technologically to pinpoint my small amount of minerals stranded amongst Federal minerals.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Grijalva highlights economic disincentives for companies to develop allottee minerals due to federal land restrictions.

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