RE: RE: RE: Town of Florence sticks to their guns. ErinG my friend I could be wrong but have a look for yourself: Here is a copy of the letter which is dated December 1, 2011 (the same letter you posted) see below. The state responded on Dec19,2011 (www.florencecopper.com/i/pdf/CUV_Kilvinger%20Ltr_19Dec2011.pdf) The state never had the ntention to allow the state land become part of the annex of town lands. The state always had mining proposed for the site since 1960 and the town plan has no merit over the state land (says so on page 2). This is not due to my biased position. Facts are facts. But I agree the land under the town jurisdiction is not resolved and Curis does have some obstacles there.
Vice Mayor Tom Smith 520-868-7500
Town of Florence Fax: 520-868-7564
PO Box 2670 Florence, AZ 85132
December 1, 2011
SENT VIA FASCIMILE
Arizona State Land Department
Land Commissioner Maria Baier
1616 W. Adams Street, Suite 305
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Fax: 602-542-2590
Dear Commissioner Baier:
I am in receipt of your letter and it seems clear to me that ASLD is under a number of gross misunderstandings with regards to this property. I wanted to provide you with some additional information to clarify the situation as it seems you have been misled to believe a story that really never occurred.
First, and most importantly, this property has never been commercially mined. Period. You indicate that there has been a forty year history of mining on this site, however that history does not reflect any sustained or commercially viable operation. Any assertion that the history is forty-years rich is just purely fictitious. The only history is one of speculation peppered with testing.
In 1972 Conoco conducted tests at the site only to be dormant for twenty years. Then beginning in 1992 the site was the subject of studies to determine if in-situ mining was feasible under Magma and BHP Copper. These tests culminated in the installation and test operation of 13 extraction and injection wells that lasted 100 days with dozens more wells strictly for monitoring. Furthermore the intensity of those operations was a fraction of a percent of what Curis proposes.
When you contemplate the gallons of toxic acid pumped that will be pumped into the ground, Curis’ commercial operation will inject more than one hundred million times more acid into the ground than during the test phase. The pre-feasibility tests injected acidic solutions at a rate of only 120 gallons per minute. Curis’ anticipated 2,000 wells that will operate with an injection rate of 11,000 gallons of
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