Unpatented Mining Claims

This course addresses discovery and factual issues relevant to the validity of title claims, including how to handle location and maintenance requirements at local, state, and federal levels. It explores property rights associated with both unpatented and patented claims, focusing on intralimital and extralateral rights. Additionally, the course provides strategies for researching and resolving conflicting locations, offering essential guidance for navigating complex title and claim scenarios.

Credit(s)

1

CO Approval ID

842676

Original Program Date

May 17, 2024

Duration

54 minutes

Speakers

Credits

Materials

1 CLE Credit – Approval ID: CO ID - 842676

This course has been accredited for CLE credit in Colorado. CLE credit hours shown are for Colorado only. A CLE course number for Colorado will be provided to attendees on their certificates of attendance once a course has been completed. New Mexico attorneys who complete a course must notify us (cle@rmmlf.org) because we are required to report credits for you. If this course has been approved for RPL/CPL credit with the American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL), the credits will be listed below in a separate section for AAPL. If applicable, Component Codes for AAPL recertification will also be provided. Please contact RMMLF if you need independent verification by the provider of your attendance or participation for CLE purposes. Except as provided above, RMMLF generally does not apply for accreditation from any other MCLE/CPD organizations for its online legal education program. Upon completion of a program a certificate of attendance will be issued to all attendees. Except as provided above, attendees must verify with their respective state bars and CPD organizations and their specific rules as to whether or not the certificate of attendance will be recognized by that body for MCLE/CPD purposes, and the number of CLE/CPD credits that may be available. The live presentation of the on-demand program has been accredited in most mandatory states as part of a larger course, but such accreditation does not assure recognition of the on-demand program.

RANDY HUBBARD is a mining lawyer at Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP in Denver. Randy’s practice is concentrated primarily in domestic mining law, representing clients in the business of exploring for and developing hard-rock minerals, as well as industrial minerals, coal, uranium, and other energy minerals, primarily on federal lands in the United States. Mr. Hubbard has authored or co-authored seven papers presented at Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Annual Institutes or Special Institutes. He is a contributing author to The American Law of Mining. Mr. Hubbard was the chairperson of the committee that prepared the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Form 5 LLC Agreement, published in 2015. He has also chaired and made presentations at three Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation workshops, one on the BLM’s 3809 regulations in January of 2001, and the others on the Form 5 LLC Agreement in October of 2015, in Denver, and in March of 2016, in Toronto. From 2000-2005, Mr. Hubbard was an adjunct professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, teaching a mining law course. He has served on the Foundation’s Board of Directors, and also as a member of the Special Institutes Committee and on the editorial board of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Journal. He was the program chair for the 54th Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Annual Institute. In 2009 and 2010, he was on the faculty for the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation’s Mining Law Short Course, and in 2014 he was the chairperson of that week-long short course.