Connie Schultz (l), Senyssa Manriquez and Angela Noon (r)

On April 22, 2010, Resolution Copper employees Sue Salazar, Connie Schultz, Angela Noon and Senyssa Manriquez represented the company at an ‘Experience Your Future’ day. The purpose of the event, hosted at the University of Phoenix Stadium, was to share career information with Valley 8th graders. The Resolution Copper table included a video animation of the block caving process, rock samples, and a simulation of loading and mucking operations – along with a giveaway of mini chocolate haul trucks! Over 9,000 students from local schools attended the event. For more details please visit http://www.experienceyourfuture.org/

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The Resolution Copper mine will require a diverse, highly skilled workforce.

With an estimated impact of $798.2 million per year, the long-term economic benefits of the RCM project to the local area and the state of Arizona are impressive. Here are six key economic projections:

• Total estimated economic impact over the 66-year project life on the state of Arizona, including additional development in Superior: $46.4 billion.
• During peak years of mine production, annual estimated impact of the mine: $536.6 million.
• Including all related residential, commercial and industrial development, projected peak annual economic impact on the state of Arizona: $798.2 million, the equivalent of one and a half NFL Super Bowls a year, every year over the 66-year life of the project.
• RCM Project estimated to generate federal, state, county, and local tax revenue in excess of $10.7 billion.
• Over the project’s expected life, a peak of 1,200 mine employees and 200 full-time contractors are anticipated during normal operations.
• Including indirect and induced jobs, annual mine operations are initially expected to account for 2,603 jobs and $178.7 million in wages.*

* Economic and Fiscal Impact Study conducted by third-party consultant Elliott D. Pollack and Company. Results released in April 2008.