and again not us North America's Largest Copper Mine Nears Monday August 12, 2019 15:37
One of the most significant undeveloped copper deposits in the world--what Rio Tinto calls its Resolution Copper project--received permitting from the US Forest Service, the mining giant announced last week.
The US Forest Service issued a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the project. The permit moves the technically-challenging Arizona project closer to development.
Rio Tinto said the publication of the DEIS triggers a further public consultation process over a 90-day period, which will inform the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), and the next steps in the permitting process for the project.
Rio Tinto said the project's partners will have spent over $2 billion by 2020 to develop and permit the Resolution copper project, including $302 million of additional expenditure approved earlier this year.