BLM's public layers show 7 notice-level and 7 plan-level locatable-mineral cases in Emery County and none in Carbon. Of the 7 notices, 5 are for 'URANIUM AND OTHER MIN': PINON RIDGE BUCKMASTER (Pinon Ridge Mining LLC, authorized 2024), PEGASUS (ENERGY SANDS & JUPITER) (Pegasus Resources Inc, pending, 2024), SAHARA GREEN RIVER SOUTH (San Rafael Resources LLC, authorized 2024), 'MELINDA EXPLORATION PROJECT' (UTUT106713795, operator C2C NUCLEAR INC, created 24 January 2025, 640 acres mapped in T23S R15E, 'Pending'), and an unnamed notice (UTUT106721750, created 7 March 2025, T24S R10E, no operator shown, 'Pending'). The others are Georgia-Pacific Gypsum's 2025 gypsum exploration notice (authorized 13 June 2025) and an old rock notice. The 7 plans include the Kimmerle Green River #9 uranium plan (authorized 2015), gypsum quarries including the pending 'Powell Gypsum Quarry' (UTUT106759404, created 18 November 2025, T19S R11E), and gemstone and shale operations. The C2C notice sits in the same township as most of the 341 'SS' lode claims of 2024 (mine-003). No record read links any of these operators to Valar.

• BLM Natl MLRS Locatable Notices (feature layer and query results) (Bureau of Land Management (MLRS)) primary filing “MELINDA EXPLORATION PROJECT”
• BLM Natl MLRS Plans of Operations (feature layer and query results) (Bureau of Land Management (MLRS)) primary filing