Black Hills drilling project canceled after backlash from tribes

Company pulls away from drilling project at Pe'Sla site

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) - The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and Očeti Sakówin Tribes have won the lawsuit filed against the Pete Lien and Sons, Inc. (PLS) graphite mining project. According to a news release from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, on Friday they learned that PLS has decided to drop its exploratory mining project [...]

Black Hills drilling project canceled after backlash from tribes

A South Dakota mining company has canceled a drilling project in the Black Hills after opposition from Native American tribes and local groups.

Company withdraws from controversial Black Hills exploratory drilling project

Pe’ Sla, or Reynolds Prairie, is a high-elevation Black Hills meadow of sacred importance to Lakota people. A company that was conducting exploratory drilling in the area has withdrawn from the project. (Photo by Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight)A company that’s being sued for exploratory drilling near a culturally significant site in South Dakota’s Black Hills is withdrawing from the project, according to a letter shared with project oppone…

Mining company pulls out of controversial Pe’ Sla drilling project

Pete Lien & Sons has formally requested its permit to drill near a sacred site in the Black Hills be withdrawn following a weeklong Indigenous occupation at the site.

Tribal and community land defenders save sacred site at Pe’ Sla

NDN Collective was notified Friday that Pete Lien & Sons sent a letter to the United States Forest Service, officially withdrawing their plan of operations for the Rochford Mineral Exploratory Drilling Project (RMEDP) at Pe’ Sla.This victory follows a week of concentrated action by community and tribal leaders in South Dakota to protect the land. From the land defenders who occupied two active drill pads for a week, to fighting in the courts thr…

Black Hills drilling project canceled in victory for Indigenous resistance

Indigenous groups are celebrating a huge victory after a South Dakota mining company announced it was canceling a drilling project in the sacred Black Hills.