Water Rights and Central Arizona Project Allocations

The purpose of this process memorandum is to provide a summary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service review of publicly available documentation regarding Resolution Copper Mining, LLC’s (Resolution Copper’s) water rights information. This process memorandum covers four basic topics:

• An apparent inconsistency in reported water needs
• Existing groundwater rights
• Central Arizona Project (CAP) allotment status
• Long-term storage status.