Resolution Copper » Senator John McCain

Mark-up of S.409 was included in a package of 32 bills reported out of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources this morning. This is an important step in the process that will bring the project one step closer to reality. Read about the bill changes here.

In the News

Resolution Copper — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:18:37 +0000

Arizona Republic – Ariz. e-mails to 3 important people

Arizona Republic – Rio Tinto still committed to copper mine

Arizona Republic – Ariz. lawmakers push copper mine deal

AZ Silver Belt – State senator Allen supports mining industry

In the News

Resolution Copper — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:28:15 +0000

Tucson Weekly – Heritage Holdup; Sen. Jon Kyl stalls a lucrative tourist designation

Arizona Silverbelt – Kirkpatrick visits GCC

theage.com.au – Mine promises to deliver in Olympic portions

Superior Sun – Unofficial town council minutes reflect actions taken at August special meeting series

Superior Sun – Presentations of all kinds but mainly about students take precedence at school board meeting

Copper Country News - House and Senate land swap bills are not the same

In The News

Resolution Copper — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:08:05 +0000

Arizona Silver Belt ‘Liberty High School says thanks for contributions‘

Arizona Silver Belt ‘Letter from the Chairman to the Arizona Republic‘

Superior Sun ‘Letter to the Editor: Show support for mining and Resolution‘

Individual.com ‘Key visit for huge mine site: Interior secretary coming to Superior for look at proposed land exchange‘

Superior Sun ‘Community invited to high school gym to meet with Interior Secretary, Senator McCain‘

KJCT8 News ‘Interior Secretary to tour Ariz. mine site, canyon‘

This story also released on KRDOTV.com and AZCentral.com

Arizona Silver Belt ‘Mining Rocks – special section‘

Arizona Daily Star ‘Salazar short on specifics in AZ‘

KNST ‘Interior Secretary tours proposed mine site‘

This story also released in East Valley Tribune, AT&T, KGUN 9, KVOA 4, Durango Herald, San Francisco Examiner

Mineweb ‘US Interior Secretary urges squabbling groups to reach consensus on AZ copper mine land swap‘

The Arizona Republic ‘Interior chief weighs in on delicate Ariz. mining issues‘

Resolution Copper Mining Gains Support from Governor Jan Brewer

Resolution Copper — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:37:45 +0000

Governor Jan Brewer

The Arizona Republic published an article today about Governor Jan Brewer’s visit to the Resolution Copper Mining site and her support for the project. See the article here. Judging by the response, we know a lot of you read the article and we wanted to take a moment to address a couple common questions and misconceptions.

Issue: The project will leave tailings that destroy the environment and its surroundings.

Response: The proposed Resolution Project mine will be an underground operation with no open pits. We are exploring the option of placing tailings in an existing open pit mine near Superior. We are currently negotiating to use the Pinto Valley mine, located about 3 miles west of Miami. Under this arrangement our tailings would be used to back fill the Pinto Valley pit, which would later be reclaimed.

Issue: Resolution Copper doesn’t care about the environmental impact the project will have during and after its completion.

Response: Resolution Copper has undertaken a multi-year, multi-million dollar cleanup of lands in and around Superior that have been affected by previous mining activity. We have done so as protecting human health and the environment from the legacy-mining residue is important to us. Our goal is to restore natural vegetation and reestablish the area for useful purposes. To see this effort in action, visit our Flickr page.

As always, if you have questions about the project please visit the “The Land Exchange and You” or the “Ask RCM” portions of the website. We welcome your comments and questions and look forward to helping all of Arizona understand this project.