At a time of renewed interest in uranium mining and development, DGS offers clients a broad range of experience and institutional knowledge in the field.  DGS partners are acknowledged leaders on the subject.  Our attorneys represent clients with interests in all aspects of uranium exploration and development, including transactions, royalty issues permitting, financing and remediation activities.  Our lawyers are well-versed in the nuances of the 1872 Mining Law, and have experience in dealing with issues pertaining to the location, perfection, and maintenance of unpatented mining claims.

Our experience in the broader mining field provides clients with a complete array of the expertise needed to pursue uranium exploration and development.  Our lawyers are well known for their work in major mining acquisitions, joint ventures, development projects, and divestitures. Over the past several years the firm has worked on a number of significant mining transactions, including acquisitions of gold mines in Russia, the western United States and South America,  the acquisition of coal mines, sales of major mining companies, and the financing of operations at gold and other metals mines in the United States and in other countries.  Our expertise with water rights, mine permitting, NEPA, MSHA and other compliance issues assists clients in carrying mining projects to completion. Our litigation lawyers have broad experience in mining issues, running the gamut from royalty disputes to construction contracts to the impact of bankruptcy on a mining transaction.