Mining Fees Get Easier: No More Confusing Accounts
Published Date: 7/17/2025
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If you’ve got mining claims, listen up! The government is scrapping some old rules about how you pay fees using special accounts. This means simpler payments and no more confusing declining balance accounts—starting now, so keep your eyes peeled!
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BLM Ends Declining-Balance Payment Accounts
If you hold mining claims, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has rescinded the regulation that authorized declining balance accounts for paying mining claim fees. That means BLM will no longer allow those special declining-balance payment accounts and payment methods change starting now.
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