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Quick Facts

• 44 million acres subsurface mineral estate underlies federal surface land, 2.5 million acres underlies private lands, and 592,000 acres underlies Native American Tribal land

• fourth largest number of mining claims

• 190,000 ounces of gold produced annually

• 2.5 million tons of solid leasables; 26 leases with $5 million annual royalties

• 150 active mineral sales contracts with over a million tons of aggregate for infrastructure and construction, generating $1 million annually in revenues