The speed limit on open sections of the road varies between 45 and 65 miles per hour, but drivers routinely travel at 85 miles per hour through the mininglands between the towns of Winkelman and Oracle.
He decided to segregate 1 million acres of federal lands in Arizona while the Department evaluates whether new mining claims should be allowed on these lands.
Pacific Rim also disputes the land ownership charge, claiming to own or lease all of the lands it is required to own in order to comply with Salvadoran mining laws.