Posts treating: "Florence copper project"
Sunday, 07 April 2013
News reports say that the Florence Town Council "voted unanimously to lift its
eight-month-old ban on sulfuric acid, avoiding a showdown with Curis
Resources in federal court. The town continues to pursue eminent domain
to acquire the Florence Copper Project property."
The ordinance applied only to the copper project, exempting farmers. The Florence Reminder & Blade Tribune reports
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<![endif]-->Advocates and opponents of the Florence copper project are rallying their supporters to a public hearing by the Arizona Dept. of Environmental on tomorrow evening.
The hearing will focus on efforts to ensure that the community groundwater will not be adversely affected by the copper recovery demonstration project.
The formal public hearing is set for
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The Arizona Republic recently posted a video of the in situ copper recovery process proposed by Curis Resources for their Florence project. The video was produced by Stephen Bloom at
Real estate developers have the support of Florence town leaders in opposing the proposed underground in situ copper leaching process. The town has closed down the offices of Curis Resources, made copper recovery illegal within two miles of the town, and banned the use of the sulfuric acid in copper operations (but not other applications). The Arizona Republic's put together an overview of
Curis Resources announced that they have lined up $40 million in financing for their proposed in situ copper recovery project in Florence. The funds will come from RK Mine Finance Trust (“Red Kite") in exchange for Red Kite's ability to receive copper from the project. [Right, Curis Resources administration complex. Credit, Curis]The Curis announcement described the deal:Under the terms
The Florence Blade newspaper reports on the continuing fight by real estate interests to prevent Curis Resources from producing copper through an in situ leaching process under lands inside the city limits, and offers a summary of the arguments. Curis is considering developing just the State Trust Lands, which, according to State Land Commissioner Maria Baier, could generate $150 million for
A public hearing is scheduled for Sept. 15 in Florence to consider reverting the zoning of the Florence copper project from its current residential status to its previous commercial zoning. Curis Resources staff briefed the Arizona Mining Alliance today in Tucson about the nature of the project and progress of the permitting process.I also learned that Curis is a contraction of Cu Recovery
Curis Resources, the junior mining company, planning to build an in-situ copper mine in outside Florence, is considering selling a minority stake in its project to a strategic investor, according to a report on MiningWeekly.com The article says Curis CEO Michael McPhie said in an interview that the company had already signed more than a dozen confidentiality agreements with
The Arizona State Land Department has found that the proposed Florence Copper Project presents "no substantial threat" to the environment and the economic benefits outweigh other concerns, according to a story in the Casa Grande Dispatch.
The article quotes opponents to the project, led by owners of nearby lands intended for residential and commercial development, who argue that State
A group of real estate developers opposed to the Florence Copper Project met with Gov. Brewer's staff and heads of state agencies on Wednesday, to make their case that the in situ mining project would harm the value of their planned housing and commercial developments, according to a story in the Yellow Sheet (subscription required but a version is posted online).
The report quotes
The debate over a proposed in situ copper mine in Florence, Arizona has been characterized as being over environmental concerns of using a vinegar-strength acid solution underground below the groundwater aquifer, to remove copper. [right, Florence copper project location map. Credit, Curis Resources]
But newspaper stories increasingly describe real estate developers as being the
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