La Plata Canyon Mining

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Jorts
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La Plata Canyon Mining

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The ongoing exploratory mining project in the La Platas has been gaining momentum and pushback.

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/ ... la-platas/
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Re: La Plata Canyon Mining

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Thanks for sharing this. My niece lives in Durango and has brought this up a couple of time but was vague with details. She made it sound like a done deal but it appears to still be in the exploratory phase.