Hilton Ranch Road Community Organization 

‘All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing’

Please WRITE your congressmen opposing this mine!

WE NEED YOU, PLEASE ATTEND THE FOREST SERVICE OPEN MIKE MEETING JUNE 30 FROM 6-9pm, AT THE  RINCON HIGH SCHOOL

ALSO, Please apply pressure to Senator Kyle, Senator McCain, and Governor Janet Napolitano to join our opposition to the Rosemont Mine!

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PUBLIC SCOPING PROCESS

*****NEW***** Mountain Empire Action Alliance Comments for Submission to Forest Service

What can you do 

*****NEW***** Dirty trick by Augusta's public relations firm

*****NEW***** Problems with the scoping process

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RESEARCH WEB SITES and DOCUMENTS

Media coverage

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Research tools and websites

Citizens guide to the NEPA process

Rosemont Mine MPO

Comments already made to forest service

Other organizations opposed to Rosemont

ROSEMONT MINE PROPOSAL CONCERNS

Overview

Water issues

SR 83 safety

Environment impact

Economic impact

Light pollution

Noise pollution

Scenic and historic loss

Rosemont photos 
Rosemont slideshow
What do we get?
Rich and poor

 

Media Coverage

Articles from Tucson and other area newspapers

Phone line set up to take comments on Rosemont Mine     6/29/2008   Arizona Daily Star

Don't let mining firm dig S. Arizona into a hole     6/26/2008   Tucson Citizen

Proposed Rosemont mine continues to draw ire  6/25/2008   Vail Sun

Forest service seeks publics input on mine          6/24/2008   Arizona Daily Star

Santa Cruz river studies may impact mining         6/21/2008   GV news

Rosemont, Augusta want mine fully vetted           6/19/2008   Arizona Daily Star

Mine Proposal has Japanese financial link            6/18/2008   Arizona Daily Star

Sumitomo invests in Rosemont mine project        6/17/2008   Arizona Daily Star

2 meetings set on proposed mine in Snta Ritas     6/17/2008   Tucson Citizen

Forest service decision upsets local officials         6/12/2008   GV news

Restart of Rosemont scoping rejected                 6/11/2008   Arizona Daily Star

Critics at public meeting blast Rosemont mine      6/11/2008   GV news

Rosemont report omits important information       6/10/2008   Arizona Daily Star

Mine opposed, much of copper for Asia              6/09/2008   Tucson Citizen

Mine Execs offer water assurances                      5/28/2008   Arizona Daily Star

US pressed for mine comment redo                     5/28/2008   Arizona Daily Star

U.S. Reps ask forest service to start over            5/24/2008   Green Valley News

Carroll gets Sky Island enviro award                   5/17/2008   Arizona Daily Star   

GV water company seeking bigger pipeline          5/8/2008    Arizona Daily Star

Huckelberry wants studies from FS on water       5/6/2008    Green Valley News

Rosemont mine may expand CAP pipeline           5/2/2008    Arizona Daily Star  

Rosemont project gets 165M infusion                  5/1/2008    Arizona Daily Star 

Rosemont sells silver to fund project                    4/30/2008  Arizona Republic

Fed's consultant hire at issue                                4/28/2008  Arizona Daily Star  

Water Wars in our future?                                   4/24/2008  Hamilton Spectator (Canadian news)  

Rosemont, Jobs or Nature                                   4/13/2008  Arizona Daily Star

County passed on land deal                                 4/13/2008  Arizona Daily Star 

how a mine becomes reality                                 4/13/2008  Arizona Daily Star

This time, mine-plan meeting is orderly,                4/6/2008   Arizona Daily Star

Mining Missteps                                                  4/3/2008   Tucson Weekly   

Three more meetings set on mine                         4/2/2008    Arizona Daily Star

Grijalva's take on U.S., area events                     3/31/2008   Arizona Daily Star

Stunt pulled by mining firm just shameless            3/28/2008   Tucson Citizen 

Rosemont intends mining of our groundwater       3/22/2008   Green Valley News  

ROSEMONT PLANS FACE SCRUTINY       3/21/2008    Green Valley News

Forest service to weight open-pit                        3/13/2008    Arizona Daily Star

Hard Rock, Hard Truth                                      2/28/2008    Tucson Weekly 

Ten conservation groups form coalition               2/28/2008    Arizona Daily Star

Backroads Boondoggle                                      2/21/2008    Tucson Weekly

New Rosemont study rebuts pro-mine data         2/12/2008    Arizona Daily Star

Limestone Madness (Vail Portland Cement)       2/7/2008     Tucson Weekly  

Guest comment in GV newspaper                      1/29/2008   Green valley News  

Rosemont #1 holder of Pima mining claims         1/13/2008   Arizona Daily Star   

Hearts and Mines                                             12/20/2007   Tucson Weekly 

Rosemont drills mine test well                           11/19/2007  Arizona Daily Star  

3 GOP lawmakers voice opposition to mine     10/13/2007   Arizona Daily Star

Rosemont mine not a sure thing,Carroll says      9/20/2007    Green Valley News

ASARCO wants Rosemont back                     8/29/2007     Arizona Daily Star

Rosemont Rising                                              3/08/2007   Tucson Weekly

Hard Rock Ranchers                                       1/24/2007     Tucson Weekly

Rosemont Revision                                          1/4/2007       Tucson Weekly

No guaranteed CAP water for Rosemont         6/24/2006     Arizona Daily Star

KUAT Tucson television station coverage

Arizona Illustrated with Janine Derby             6/2008         KUAT

KMSB Tucson television station coverage

Opponents dominate copper mine hearing      5/12/2008    KMSB

hearing held on proposed copper mine           4/22/2008    KMSB

KVOA Tucson television station coverage

Voices will be heard in Patagonia                   3/29/2008     KVOA

Well owners worried about mines impact       1/10/2008     KVOA  

Residents in Green Valley speak against mine 12/5/2007     KVOA 

So, you think you own your land?                   6/5/2007      KVOA  

Rosemont copper mine has opponents           10/4/2006     KVOA  

KGUN Tucson television station coverage

Forest service changes its tune                                            KGUN

Is the Rosemont mine a done deal?                                     KGUN

Copper mine controversy                              2/26/2008     KGUN

KOLD Tucson television station coverage

Vail open house scheduled for Rosemont mine                    KOLD no longer available

Recent press releases about Augusta Resource Corp.

Augusta Files Q1 Financials, Provides Update on Permitting Activities (Marketwire)Mon, 5 May 2008 22:09:00 Etc/GMT

Augusta to Sell 45% of Silver Production to Silver Wheaton to Raise US$165 M (Marketwire)Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:42:00 Etc/GMT

Augusta Resource Corporation: Rosemont Copper Awards EPCM to M3 Engineering and Appoints Mine Manager (Marketwire)Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:15:00 Etc/GMT

Augusta Announces New In-Pit Copper Zone Drill Results-Signs Letter of Award for Mill Drives (Marketwire)Tue, 8 Apr 2008 13:15:00 Etc/GMT

Augusta Appoints Rod Pace as Vice-President, Operations (Marketwire)Wed, 9 Jan 2008 17:48:00 Etc/GMT

Augusta Announces Binding Letter Agreement With Silver Wheaton for Silver Backed Financing of Rosemont Project (Marketwire)Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:30:00 Etc/GMT

Augusta Signs Agreement For Rosemont's Long-Lead Equipment (Marketwire)Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:55:00 Etc/GMT

Augusta Resource Corporation: Drilling Starts at Rosemont as Public Survey Indicates 64.5% Hold Positive View of Mine Proposal if Plan is Followed (Marketwire)Wed, 5 Dec 2007 20:17:00 Etc/GMT

Augusta Appoints Raghunath Reddy as Vice-President, Finance (Marketwire)Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:51:00 Etc/GMT

Augusta Resource Corporation: New Zone Exploration Plans at Rosemont Supported by Surface Sampling (Marketwire)Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:15:00 Etc/GMT

Augusta Completes Bankable Feasibility For Rosemont Copper Project (Marketwire)Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:04:00 Etc/GMT

Augusta Announces Rosemont Copper Bankable Feasibility Study Conference Call (Marketwire)Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:15:00 Etc/GMT

Augusta Named in One of ASARCO's Bankruptcy Complaints (Marketwire)Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:03:00 Etc/GMT

Augusta Files Plan of Operations for Rosemont Copper Project-Completing First Step in Permitting Process (Marketwire)Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:15:00 Etc/GMT

Initial Two-Year Water Supply Already Stored for Augusta's Rosemont Copper (Marketwire)Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:33:00 Etc/GMT

Augusta Closes $37.5 Million Sumitomo/Harbinger Financing (Marketwire)Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:01:00 Etc/GMT

Augusta Resource Corporation: Sumitomo to Acquire 8.7% of Augusta in $37.5 Million Financing (Marketwire)Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:00:00 Etc/GMT

Webcast Alert: Augusta Resource Corporation Presents at the Precious Metals & Mining Online Forum Webcast (CCNMatthews)Tue, 22 May 2007 20:22:01 Etc/GMT

 

 

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