In November 2020, Mark Hughes filed a Notice of Intent to Conduct Mineral Exploration with the SD DENR. Following some controversy over inaccuracies in the application, Hughes filed a revised Notice of Intent in March 2021.
Hughes is proposing to explore for gold, tantulaum, garnet, hematite, and dolamite southwest of Custer, on Forest Service land.
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