The Elimination of Double Subsidies for the Hard rock Mining Industry Act takes on depletion allowances for mineral extraction based industries.

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There is free access to 216 million acres or about 9% of all public land for the purposes of hard rock mining.

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It will be challenging for the company as it transitions from soft-rock mining to hard-rock mining.

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