Lander County Economic Development Authority

03/11/2019

Nevada is the most attractive jurisdiction in the world for
mining investment, according to the Annual Survey of Mining Companies released last week by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian policy think-tank. And Lander County is in the middle of it all!

This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute’s 2018 annual survey of mining and exploration companies. The survey is an attempt to assess how mineral endowments and public policy factors such as taxation and regulatory uncertainty affect exploration investment. The survey was circulate...

06/13/2018

Mining country hosts many international players.

GOED launches Nevada Global: For an international company looking to enter the U.S. market, there is no better landing place than Nevada -- http://diversifynevada.com/news/news-articles/goed-launches-international-business-recruitment-platform-nevada-global …

06/05/2018

The Interior Department has published a list of 35 “critical” minerals — 20 of which are present in Nevada — as part of a administration effort to reduce foreign dependence on resources needed for consumer and military goods. Barite is among those and three of the state's top four barite mines are in the Battle Mountain area. Read more here https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/mining-of-20-critical-minerals-in-nevada-could-be-streamlined/

05/30/2018

ICYMI: Nevada continues to be the nation’s top gold-producing state, contributing 72 percent of the total U.S. gold production in 2017 of 7.88 million ounces, as reported by the U.S. Geological Survey. Nevada produced 5.6 percent of the total world gold production in 2017, ranking fifth behind China, Australia, Russia and Canada.

CARSON CITY — Nevada’s mines produced 5.64 million ounces of gold in 2017, according to reports compiled by the Nevada Division of Minerals released May 17.

05/16/2018

More companies are exploring the gold game in the center of it all, Lander County, Nevada

Canadian miner Premier Gold has reported strong economic metrics for its 100%-owned Cove project, near Battle Mountain, Nevada. Based on a gold price assumption of $1 250/oz, the PEA calculated an after-tax net present value (NPV), applying a 5% discount rate, of $143-million.

03/25/2018

It's a busy spring in Battle Mountain!

03/19/2018

An expansion underway at the McGinness Hills Geothermal Facility near Austin will make the Ormat Technologies Inc. complex the largest geothermal power generating facility in the state, and the largest located on Bureau of Land Management property.From renewable energy to one of the world's richest mining districts, Lander County is in the center of it all.

An expansion underway at the McGinness Hills Geothermal Facility near Austin will make the Ormat Technologies Inc. complex the largest geothermal power generating facility in the state, and the largest

03/16/2018

Get to know northern Nevada's lucrative mining supply chain.

ELKO — Described as the “speed dating” of the procurement world, the Elko Reverse Expo & Showcase gave vendors the opportunity to connect with mine operators in a table-turning format.

03/10/2018

Yes indeed!

02/20/2018

Start your business smartly. Great info from SBDC tomorrow.

Wednesday February 21, 2018 at the Extension Office in Battle Mountain. FREE CLASS, register today www.nevadaSBDC.org click on training calendar.

02/07/2018

Opportunities abound in Nevada's modern frontier.

At first glance many of the communities in northeastern Nevada look like towns that could have been plucked from one of Disney’s “Cars” films. Victorian government buildings coupled with mid-centur…

02/05/2018

The Bureau of Land Management, Mount Lewis Field Office, completed its analysis of Ormat Inc.’s proposal for an expansion to its McGinness Hills Geothermal Facility east of Austin, NV in Grass Valley. This newest expansion is being referred to as Phase III and will consist of access roads, a pipeline, a power plant, wells and transmission line. The decision record allows operations to begin at the Phase III project site. The final environmental assessment, announced Jan. 18, included extensive coordination with the Nevada Department of Wildlife, as well as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, tribal governments and other interested parties.

Ormat has received BLM approval for the Phase III expansion work at its McGinness Hills geothermal power plant in Nevada.