A Nevada-based company is one step closer to being allowed to construct Oregon’s first modern-day gold mine. On Monday, the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries announced it has ...

Two mining projects in far Eastern Oregon’s Malheur County gained traction yesterday, both with implications for sage grouse populations. This morning, OPB’s Cassandra Profita reports on the ...

The public has until Feb. 6 to comment on the proposed Grassy Mountain Gold and Silver Mine near Vale in Malheur County Oregonians have roughly two months to weigh in on a Nevada company’s plans to ...

MALHEUR COUNTY, Ore. — A proposed underground gold and silver mine in eastern Oregon is undergoing federal environmental review, and officials are accepting public comments on a project that could ...

BAKER CITY — Mike Werner is excited about seeing what has been hidden, far beneath the ground in the mountains north of Sumpter, for a century or more. About one thing in particular — gold. Werner, a ...

The Bureau of Land Management has approved a gold and silver mine on 469 acres of public land in Malheur County, a decision aligned with federal efforts to boost domestic mineral production. The ...