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01 Cover
02 Welcome Letter / Sections
03 Introduction
04 Introduction to Arizona
05 Challenges in Leading the Green Revolution
06 Arizona Mining Association Interview
07 AMIGOS Interview
08 Arizona State House of Representatives Interview
09 Expert Opinion Article by Haley & Aldrich
10 Production, Development and Exploration
11 Infographic: Map of Main Producing Mines in Arizona
12 Copper Production
13 Freeport-McMoRan Interview
14 Hudbay Minerals Interview
15 Resolution Copper Interview
16 Florence Copper Interview
17 Arizona Sonoran Interview
18 Copper Exploration
19 Copper Fox Metals Interview
20 Faraday Copper Interview
21 Critical and Energy Minerals
22 Energy Fuels Interview
23 Western Rare Earths Interview
24 Precious Metals
25 Elevation Gold Interview
26 Arizona Silver Exploration Interview
27 Explorers: Leveraging existing assets to make new discoveries
28 Consultancies and Engineering
29 Environmental Regulation: Navigating Uncharted Waters
30 WSP Interview
31 Civil & Environmental Consultants Interview
32 Expert Opinion Article by SRK Consulting
33 Home-grown Solutions: Catching Up in Automation Adoption
34 Stantec Interview
35 Ausenco Interview
36 New Technologies & Services
37 Clearing the Hurdles on the Way to Automation
38 Hexagon Mining Interview
39 Strayos Interview
40 MMR Constructors Interview
41 Caltrol Interview
42 Dyno Nobel Interview
43 Western Cast Parts Interview
44 Company Profiles
45 Freeport-McMoRan Profile (Sponsored Content)
46 Stantec Profile (Sponsored Content)
47 Article & Interview Directory
48 Credits

Explorers:

Leveraging existing assets to make new discoveries

“Historic work done on the property (Hot Breccia) in the 1970s proved that there was an active hydrothermal system at depth which delivered several high-grade samples of over 1% copper and a few over 3% copper. We are bringing in modern exploration techniques, such as VTEM.”

Steve Robertson, President and CEO, Infinitum Copper

“Demand is expected to grow significantly on an annualized basis over the next 10 to 20 years. Significant decline in the discovery of copper deposits in recent years has resulted in a low inventory of development stage projects that have the potential to become operating copper mines.”

Elmer B. Stewart, President and CEO, Copper Fox Metals

“Some members of the team have been working on our Buckeye Silver project for over 50 years, and we were thrilled to announce that we are finally in production of copper and silver from this mine located in Arizona.”

Peter M. Clausi, VP Capital Markets, Silver Bullet Mines

“In general, exploration in the US can often be very difficult and navigating the permitting process is not easy, so investors are willing to pay a higher price for assets and companies that can navigate this barrier for entry. We anticipate great success on this front.”

Rick Trotman, President and CEO, Barksdale Resources

“There are several types of lithium exploration activities in states like Arizona and Nevada. For example, pegmatite mining has generally lower capital costs, but produces an intermediate product (6% spodumene concentrate). Brines, on the other hand, bring about higher capital costs to produce lithium carbonate, and in the U.S. they will mostly require direct lithium extraction (DLE) technologies to precipitate the lithium compounds from the groundwater.”

Charles FitzRoy, CEO, Bradda Head Lithium

“We are in the heart of the southwestern copper belt and Copper Creek has a long history of mining and exploration. This mining heritage brings with it quality infrastructure including roads, power, rail lines, and a skilled workforce. It is also a very stable jurisdiction. "We have had positive feedback from the two local communities in San Manuel and Mammoth about boosting the economic potential through mining.”

Paul Harbidge, President and CEO, Faraday Copper

“We have had technological challenges there to bring our Gunnison Copper Project into production, but we are working on solutions, some involving well stimulation: making the recovery wells produce at a higher rate. We are working through some permitting and some modelling at present. The project will expand: following a PFE in 2022, we will carry out well stimulation trials in Q1 2023 and work on the optimization of the project from there.”

Stephen Twyerould, President and CEO, Excelsior Mining

Image courtesy of Freeport

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Section 3: Consultancies and Engineering