Other factorsProduction at Florence will only be limited by the capabilities of the recovery facility. The wells are easy to build. They will balance the number of wells and the grade of ore to keep the production facility running at full capacity throughout the life of the mine. Wells will "migrate" across the property thtough the life of the project and preparing the property for post-mine use will happen throughout the life of the project.
That is something to consider. Land values are soaring in Arizona and when this project is finished Taseko will be sitting on a signficant amount of developable land all ready for its next use. I would think they could sell off land throughout the project after they are finished with it if they desired to do so.
One of the women leading the tour is a demoncratic state legislator and active enviromentalist. The environmental groups are very much IN FAVOR AND SUPPORTIVE of this project. They see it as doing almost no environmental damage and hope it will be a model for other mining projects world-wide.
So the only opposition is some local developers, with no scientific data, but money in their pockets. Southwest Value partners bought their land (adjacent to the west) six months after Taseko aquired Curis. They knew this was a mining project when they bought the land. The engineer believes that they are just trying to be annoying in order to force Taseko to buy SWVP land at a profit to SWVP.