The struggle over mining in the Black Hills dates to 1874, when Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer led a military expedition that sent out "glowing reports of gold," said Oglala Sioux Mario Gonzalez ...

When Lakota artist Marty Two Bulls Jr. looks at the Black Hills of South Dakota ... the most visible scar on the mountains. The former gold mine beneath is another, and that’s what motivated ...

Black Pine, a past-producing open-pit heap leach mine, operated from 1991 to 1997. During that period, then owner Pegasus Gold produced 435,000 oz. of gold and 189,000 oz. of silver from five open ...

US-focused Liberty Gold has reached key permitting milestones for its flagship Black Pine oxide gold project in Idaho, with the submission of the draft mine plan of operations (MPO) and the ...

Liberty Gold (TSX: LGD) has sent in its draft mine plan and signed an interagency memorandum of understanding, starting the countdown to a 2028 construction start for the Black Pine project in ...

Col. George Armstrong Custer’s Black Hills Expedition. The discovery set off a gold rush that ultimately led to the development of the Homestake Mine near Lead, which was the largest and deepest ...