Press Releases from the Arizona Mining Reform Coalition and its member groups and allies:
Joint Press Release | Federal Judge Halts Construction of Rosemont Mine in Arizona | July 31, 2019 |
Press Statement | Statement of Roger Featherstone at Rio Tinto AGM 4-16-15 | April 16, 2015 |
Press Statement | Arizona Mining Reform Coalition attends Rio Tinto AGM in London | April 18, 2013 |
Opinion Editorial | Oak Flat land exchange Op-Ed | April 21, 2010 |
Press Release | San Carlos Apache Press Release on S 409 Mark-up | December 18, 2009 |
Contact your Members of Congress to Introduce the Save Oak Flat Act
by Director | January 14, 2021 | Action Alert, Arizona Mining Oversight | 0 Comments
Tell Rio Tinto not to steal Oak Flat for a failed experiment!
by Director | January 5, 2021 | Action Alert, Arizona Mining Oversight, Oak Flat Mining | 0 Comments
We need your help to keep Oak Flat in public ownership for everyone to enjoy. If you live in the United States you have additional opportunities to protect Oak Flat by contacting the US Forest Service. No matter where you live, please send an email to Simon Thompson, the Chairman of the Board of Rio Tinto, and ask him to not steal Oak Flat and to abandon the project.
Ask the Forest Service Chief to Protect Oak Flat
by Director | December 21, 2020 | Action Alert, Arizona Mining Oversight, Oak Flat Mining | 0 Comments
Attend Save Oak Flat Rally in Washington, DC, March 11, 2020
by Director | March 8, 2020 | Action Alert, Arizona Mining Oversight | 0 Comments
PROTECT THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS FROM ANOTHER MINING PROJECT
by Director | October 18, 2019 | Action Alert, Arizona Mining Oversight | 0 Comments
Comment now to protect Oak Flat
by Director | September 26, 2019 | Action Alert, Arizona Mining Oversight, Oak Flat Mining | 0 Comments
New Reports released showing problems with Resolution Copper mine proposal and DEIS
by Director | September 13, 2019 | Action Alert, Arizona Mining Oversight, Oak Flat Mining | 0 Comments
Attend public meetings to learn more and comment on Resolution Copper DEIS
by Director | September 3, 2019 | Action Alert, Arizona Mining Oversight, Oak Flat Mining | 0 Comments
Sign the Save Oak Flat Act Petition
by Director | August 5, 2019 | Action Alert, Arizona Mining Oversight | 0 Comments
Please tell the EPA to protect precious Arizona groundwater
by Director | February 26, 2018 | Action Alert, Arizona Mining Oversight | 0 Comments
Please comment now to protect precious Arizona groundwater
The deadline for comments is Tuesday, February 27, 2018, so act now!
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently accepting comments for a draft permit that would allow a brand-new mining company with no track record to pollute Arizona groundwater to extract copper from Arizona grasslands rich in cultural heritage just upstream from the Willcox playa, winter home to thousands of imperiled Sandhill cranes.
The permit would allow the company to drill 1,400 wells and inject over 7,000,000 gallons of sulfuric acid a day into the groundwater.
In-situ mining is a type of mining that injects acid into the ground to dissolve copper and other minerals. This toxic solution of copper and acid is then pumped from the ground and processed to remove the copper. In-situ mining, by definition, is the intentional pollution of ground water. In-situ mining has long been used to produce uranium but (outside of several existing mines) has never been attempted to mine copper. No in-situ mine has ever returned the groundwater to pre-mining conditions.
Please send the EPA comments on this inappropriate project.
For More Information:
Original comments from a Coalition of groups
Supplemental comments
EPA’s project website
Updated 2/26/18