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Cynthia Lummis: “But as my colleague from Colorado mentioned earlier, there is a study that shows that an eight percent gross royalty…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2009
But as my colleague from Colorado mentioned earlier, there is a study that shows that an eight percent gross royalty would be the highest ad valorem type royalty in the world, in terms of all minerals.
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Cynthia Lummis
Republican · Wyoming

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Lummis references a study on high royalty rates for uranium mining.

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