Federal Judges halt Oak Flat land transfer
A Three Judge Panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily halted the Oak Flat land exchange today. Without today’s injunction, the public lands about 40 miles east of Phoenix would have been handed over to a private mining company August 19th. Today the 9th...
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Judge blocks transfer of Oak Flat to Resolution Copper
A FEDERAL JUDGE IN ARIZONA TEMPORARILY HALTED THE OAK FLAT LAND EXCHANGE TODAY WHILE TWO LAWSUITS CHALLENGING THE EXCHANGE PROCEED.
Without today’s injunction, the public lands about 40 miles east of Phoenix would have been handed over to a private mining company as early as June 16.
Regarding today’s court ruling, Curt Shannon, Interim Director of the Arizona Mining Reform Coalition said, “How is this mine good for the United States? The profits will all go to the two foreign corporations that own it, the copper will be shipped to China, and the mine will use a huge amount of water that Arizona simply doesn’t have to spare,”
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Recent Court Ruling does not Advance Resolution Copper Proposed Mine
Initial press on the ruling made it seem that the court ruling clears the way for the Resolution Copper mine proposal which would destroy Oak Flat, a sacred site and a recreational and ecological haven on public land within the Tonto National Forest.
However, the ruling does no such thing. As Chairman of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, Terry Rambler said in recent press statement, “The culturally and environmentally devastating Resolution project is no closer to construction today than it was before the appeals court ruling.”
Tell ADEQ to protect the Patagonia Mountains from South32
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Definitely Not a Gift
It is not hard to see who is benefiting from this contract and it’s not the town or its residents. Resolution Copper does all the dictating in the agreement for its benefit. I don’t regard anything here in the agreement as a gift. The town would benefit financially if they annexed all-mine facilities to include Oak Flat mine area. The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) noted that the Town of Superior would benefit the least financially from this project due to it not being in the town’s city limits.
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