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Alan Lowenthal: Mining companies took advantage, extracting over $300 billion of precious metals from public land without paying a cent…

On the recordMay 8, 2019
Mining companies took advantage, extracting over $300 billion of precious metals from public land without paying a cent in royalties.
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Alan Lowenthal
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Highlighting the financial exploitation by mining companies under current laws.

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