Trump will have the power to open these lands up to mining and eliminate the regulations that are hamstringing our mining companies. All he has to do is enact a modest tariff - with Congress (so it is more permanent), and then command the Department of the Interior to release the reins.impartialobserver » 10 Dec 2024, 3:33 pm » wrote: ↑ Its my guess that this was due mainly how remote it is and how it is desert wasteland with nothing of significance next to it. In CA, AZ, and UT.. it is probably more environmentalists and red tape (BLM land). Them BLM folks are a strange bunch. A lot of head scratching decisions on their part.