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Rich Nolan, President of the National Mining Association, recently sat down with Better In Our Back Yard's Ryan Sistad to discuss their crucial work in advocating for improved coordination within the federal government on mining initiatives, reminiscent of the U.S. Bureau of Mines. It's well-known within the mining industry that there is a significant disparity between the U.S. and allies like Canada and Australia, which have dedicated entities or individuals within their governments to coordinate policy and advocate for the mining sector. This coordination has led to more efficient permitting timelines in those countries compared to the U.S. "We are at the most intensive minerals era since World War II right now and what we're trying to do is to bring some focus and transparency & accountability into the opportunities that are out there for financing, coordination, permitting across these federal agencies to really get this right." Rich Nolan - President of the National Mining Association The U.S. urgently needs a centralized advocate for mining. The current lack of coordination has compelled the NMA, along with other associations such as the American Exploration & Mining Association and the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Inc. (SME), to push for more synchronized efforts among various agencies.
Why is it that we have to wait on all aspects of mining, jobs, and self sustainability? There can be an executive order to pass anything. Why not this? How in the history of the United States, the Super Power of the world, has this not already be implemented? This should be at the forefront of the government. Wake up in that White House and get us back in the race!! Have some pride in our beautiful country!
Thank You Rich for all the great work NMA is doing!
Industry 4.0 Strategic Communications & Political Risk Analyst
2moThe US government not only faces an array of issues with Native American Tribes (on Native American land) at the Federal level. Gambling sites and mining projects are often at conflicts of interests between the tribes - not to mention the even more important factor of cultural heritage concerns. Perhaps we should think about how all of these conflict of interests will affect competition for critical minerals in the future. Looking deeper at internal issues is JUST AS IMPORTANT as looking at the external issues (i.e. geopolitical trends).