Resolution Copper Mining

Email communication as follow-up to submittal to include mitigation requiring water levels be maintained at current levels, and replacement of water lost in fractured Queen Creek bed by pumping water into Queen Creek above Magma Bridge.

This document outlines the access and management plan for the campground once transfer of ownership is complete.

Resolution Copper is providing some additional information related to the nature and characteristics of underground hard rock mineral deposits and how the characteristics of the deposits define the mining methods that are used with a particular focus on selective methods such as cut and fill and unselective methods such as block caving as the two methods that have been used by mines in and around the Copper Triangle for the last century.

Receipt notice for letter from TNF Supervisor dated March 8, 2018 and concurrence with approach to modify range of alternatives considered in detail in Draft EIS.

Resolution Copper Mining, LLC (Resolution or RCM), proposes to continue previously approved exploration operations and conduct various new activities associated with the planning stages for copper mining within Tonto National Forest.

Part 2 of response to data request on updated socioeconomic data.

Vicky Peacey, representing Resolution Copper, thanked members for coming and participating. It was stated that the group grew out of a suggestion from a town hall meeting earlier in the year. The group is made up of local residents, for the most part, who can help Resolution with project issues, most immediately with the tailings disposal.

The Road Use Plan is intended to provide general guidance for minimizing impacts to areas, resources, and people adjoining, served by, or otherwise affected by FRs and PNRs proposed for use by Resolution and its agents to access Project sites throughout the duration of the Project.

Response to GS-4: Provide input on alleged missed faults (lineament analysis) and whether they were incorporated into subsidence modeling.

Resolution Copper will use these techniques to ensure that the subsidence associated with its underground operations is predicted with a high degree of confidence, is monitored, is controlled, and that a process of continuous improvement is implemented as mining expands and further knowledge is gained.