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New mining claims crop up on land cut from Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante

By KUER · August 18, 2026 · 1 min read
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A rusted metal surveyor stake driven into the cracked, red desert soil of a Utah landscape, symbolizing land claims and territorial division.
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Utah News spotted this story published August 18, 2026 at KUER. Full coverage may follow as more sources report.

One day after Trump's national monument cuts, Moab-based Kimmerle Mining filed seven claims within the old boundaries of Bears Ears. Less than a month later, Craig Rosequist filed two claims within Grand Staircase.

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