New Reports released showing problems with Resolution Copper mine proposal and DEIS
New Reports reveal serious problems with Proposed Resolution Copper mine proposal and US Forest Service DEIS The Arizona Mining Reform Coalition has released three new reports showing that Resolution Copper’s proposal to mine copper and the US Forest Service’s Draft...
Attend public meetings to learn more and comment on Resolution Copper DEIS
The US Forest Service will host 6 public meetings starting September 10 in Superior, AZ, on Rio Tinto’s proposal to destroy Oak Flat and thousands of additional acres of public land. The Forest Service has added (as of September 20) another meeting in Tempe, AZ...
Rio Tinto may delay Resolution Copper Project
Bloomberg Reports: July 14, 2019 David Stringer reports that Rio Tinto has discovered a large copper/silver/gold deposit in western Australia. Apparantly Rio Tinto thinks the deposit is so promising that it may leapfrog ahead of Rio Tinto’s proposed Resolution...
New Report Provides Terrifying Detail of Mining Destruction Coming for Oak Flat
Elizabeth Whitman writes in the Phoenix New Times that the Tonto National Forest has released a Draft Environemntal Impact Statement (DEIS) for Resolution Copper’s proposal to destroy Oak Flat and thousands of additional acres of public land by building a huge...
Save Oak Flat Act Introduced in 116th Congress
The Save Oak Flat Act was introduced today in the US House (HR 665), and Senate (S 173). These bills would repeal the Oak Flat Land Exchange, which would give Oak Flat to huge international mining companies to build a large environmentally destructive copper mine....
Rio Tinto attempts to bribe Arizona State Parks with land gift
An article in the November 1, 2018, Phoenix New Times, uncovers yet another in a long series of dirty tricks played by Rio Tinto in their quest to strongarm government officials and other decisionmakers into supporting their plans to destroy Oak Flat and another 7,000...
Showing the Cracks: New Report Shows Design Flaws in Proposed Resolution Copper Project
A new report prepared for the Arizona Mining Reform Coalition by Dr. Steven Emerman shows serious flaws and deficiencies in the technical design of Rio Tinto’s proposed Resolution Copper mine. The proposed mine, which would destroy Oak Flat and more than 5,000...
Selected 2017 News Articles about Oak Flat
Check out these news articles about our struggle to protect Oak Flat
Mother of a Metal, Phoenix Magaizine, June 2017, by Keridwen Cornelius
Massive copper mine tests Trump’s push to slash regulation, Reuters, July 12, 2017, by Emily Flitter
What’s at Stake in Oak Flat, Edible Baja Arizona, November/December 2017, by John Washington
Photos of our trip to London to adress the Board of Directors of BHP, Billiton (the minority owner of the proposed mine at Oak Flat)
