• Hard Rock Mining

Duration: July 24, 2008 to present

General Issues: Natural Resources, Energy/Nuclear

Spending: about $548,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), House of Representatives, Senate, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Energy, Dept of

Affiliated organizations: Quaterra Alaska Inc.; Aven Associates LLC; Uranium One Inc.

Related Foreign Entities: Quaterra Resources Inc. (Hastings St., CAN); contribution to lobbying: $6000; ownership 33%; Vane Minerals Group (Mayfair W1J 5DU, ); contribution to lobbying: $6000; ownership 33%; Uranium One Inc. (M5H 2Y2, H2Y); contribution to lobbying: $6000; ownership 33%