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2019-08-01: Updated: 2019-08-01 10:09:22 Why Multinational Mining Companies Need to Perform Effective Legal Diagnoses for their Latin American Operations (and how to go about it)

by Jordi Ventura

2019-07-17: Updated: 2019-07-29 12:16:39 How Mining Companies Can Achieve an Effective “Social License to Operate” in Latin America – Part 3

by Jordi Ventura

2019-07-10: Updated: 2019-07-29 12:21:48 How Mining Companies Can Achieve an Effective “Social License to Operate” in Latin America – Part 2

by Jordi Ventura

2019-07-03: Updated: 2019-07-29 12:20:33 How Mining Companies Can Achieve an Effective “Social License to Operate” in Latin America – Part 1

by Kerry Shapiro

2019-05-07: Updated: 2019-05-09 14:47:33 State Water Resources Control Board Sued by City and County of San Francisco and Others Over Approval of Dredge and Fill Procedures

by Kerry Shapiro

2019-05-03: Updated: 2019-05-09 14:47:56 California Construction and Industrial Materials Association Files CEQA Lawsuit Against Ventura County to Protect Important Mineral Resources

by Kerry Shapiro

2018-09-18: Updated: 2018-09-24 11:23:03 Environmental and Land Use Lawyer Martin Stratte Joins JMBM’s Natural Resources and Mining Group

by Kerry Shapiro

2017-05-09: Updated: 2017-05-09 13:54:06 The DOI’s Review of National Monuments – What it means to the mining industry

by Kerry Shapiro

2017-01-13: Updated: 2018-06-08 14:31:16 Important news for mining companies with existing or future projects in the California desert

by Kerry Shapiro

2016-05-12: Updated: 2018-06-08 14:33:37 California Mining Update — AB 1142 and SB 209: What operators need to know about SMARA modernization

by Kerry Shapiro

2016-04-22: Updated: 2018-06-08 14:34:00 California Mining Update — AB 1142 and SB 209: What lead agencies need to know about SMARA Modernization

by Kerry Shapiro

2014-11-10: Updated: 2017-02-27 14:58:36 CEQA Bill to Protect Native American Cultural Resources Creates New Challenges and Opportunities for Project Applicants

by Kerry Shapiro

2014-04-09: Updated: 2017-02-27 14:58:38 New Law Allows Mining Operators to Remedy Compliance Issues and Retain AB 3098 List Status

by Kerry Shapiro

2014-03-07: Updated: 2017-02-27 14:58:40 SB 1270 Proposes Significant California Mining Reform

by Kerry Shapiro

2013-02-15: Updated: 2017-02-27 14:58:41 Ninth Circuit Ruling in Center for Biological Diversity v. Salazar Creates Tension Between Federal and California Law Regarding Idle Mines and Interim Management Plans

by Kerry Shapiro

2011-10-19: Updated: 2017-04-20 10:36:31 Mining Lawyer: SB 108, A first step in solving the interim management plan problem (Part 3)

by Kerry Shapiro

2011-10-17: Updated: 2017-04-20 10:36:31 Mining Lawyer: SB 108, A first step in solving the interim management plan problem (Part 2)

by Kerry Shapiro

2011-10-14: Updated: 2017-04-20 10:36:31 Mining Lawyer: SB 108, A first step in solving the interim management plan problem (Part 1)

by Kerry Shapiro

2009-01-01: Updated: 2017-02-28 16:44:13 JMBM Development Rights: JMBM Lawyer Wins Attorneys’ Fees for Client in CEQA Lawsuit Defense

by Kerry Shapiro

Kerry Shapiro

Kerry Shapiro
is the Chair of JMBM's Natural Resources and Mining Group and co-chairs its Construction and Building Materials Group. Kerry serves as General Counsel to the California Construction and Industrial Materials Association (CalCIMA), and chairs the association's Legal Action Committee. He has represented the mining industry on mineral extraction and land development projects for over 25 years, providing legal services on government, land use, environment, and natural resources matters, at federal, state, and local levels. His experience includes securing entitlements for the largest federally-approved sand and gravel project in the United States, obtaining the first vested rights confirmation from the California State Mining and Geology Board for the largest aggregate deposit in California, and successfully representing mining companies before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and state courts of appeals on mining, CEQA and federal endangered species matters. Contact Kerry at 415.984.9612 or KShapiro@jmbm.com.

Martin Stratte

Martin Stratte
Martin Stratte is a land use and environmental attorney who assists with the entitlement of complex projects throughout California in accordance with CEQA, NEPA, and California's greenhouse gas emission and climate change regulations. He also represents clients in related litigation. Contact Martin at MStratte@jmbm.com or 415.984.9627.

Jordi Ventura

Jordi Ventura
is a member of JMBM's Natural Resources and Mining Group. His practice focuses on the representation of mining companies in Latin America, where he has conducted effective mining legal diagnoses and effective diagnoses of social licenses to operate. He represents the mining industry in mining leases, joint venture and operating agreements, option agreements, exploration and development agreements, and mine operating contracts. He has been the lead attorney in mergers and acquisitions, divestitures of business entities and other land transactions. Jordi Ventura is licensed to practice in Utah and Colorado; he is not licensed in California. Contact Jordi at JVentura@jmbm.com or 415.984.9689.