Forest Service signs permit for proposed Arizona copper mine
The U.S. Forest Service has approved one of the two federal permits needed for a proposed open-pit copper mine southeast of Tucson, but an opposition group vowed Wednesday to keep fighting the project.
“This mine is far from reality,” Gayle Hartmann, president of Save the Scenic Santa Ritas, said in a written statement.
Forest Service officials announced Wednesday that Coronado National Forest Supervisor Kerwin Dewberry signed the final Record of Decision for the Rosemont Copper Project.
The process of approving a Mine Plan of Operations still must be completed before construction could begin on Coronado National Forest lands.
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