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Stakeholders, lawmakers form working group on abandoned mineral rights draft
Summary
Mining, landowner and county clerk representatives urged cautious 'Wyomingized' drafting of an abandoned-minerals bill and volunteered to join a working group to refine notice, recordation and definition questions before the committee's next meeting.
Stakeholders at the Joint Judiciary Committee discussed a draft to address abandoned or dormant mineral interests in Wyoming and asked for time to rework the text for state law and local practice.
Representatives of the Wyoming Mining Association and companies said the draft, modeled on another state's law, needs changes for Wyoming — including removing gravel from the definition…
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