A planned gold exploration project in South Dakota’s northern Black Hills has resulted in 1,774 written comments from local ...

Tracy L. Barnett Contributor to Buffalo's Fire The waters flowing from South Dakota's Black Hills have been sacred to the Lakota people for uncounted generations. After decades of resistance to ...

The federal government approved a 20-year ban Thursday on new mining-related activity in a portion of South Dakota’s Black Hills. The ban covers 32 square miles of federally owned land located ...

F3 Gold did not immediately return a message from South Dakota Searchlight. Jarding said F3’s Pactola project is negated by the 20-year ban on new activities.