In Majuba Mining, Ltd. v. Pumpkin Copper, Inc., 299 P.3d 363 (Nev. 2013), the Nevada Supreme Court considered the effect of the failure of the owner of unpatented mining claims to pay the federal annual mining claim maintenance fee on or before September 1,2011. The issue arose during Majuba Mining, Inc.'s (Majuba) appeal of a decree of quiet title entered in favor of Pumpkin Copper, Inc. (now known as Nevada Copper), the owner of conflicting unpatented mining claims. Id. Majuba appealed the trial court's judgment in favor of Nevada Copper. See id. at 363-64.
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