THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD ONLY ON ZOOM

In September 2021, Hudbay Minerals Inc. announced their interest in extracting minerals from a copper sulphide and oxide mineralization deposit at its Copper World site located on private land on the northwest side of Arizona's Santa Rita Mountains. The results from exploratory drilling completed in June 2021, suggest the possibility of seven deposits at the Copper World site.

The Democratic Club of Quail Creek  will expand its January meeting for a symposium on Copper World and related Rosemont issues. The meeting will be on Saturday 15, January 2022 it will begin at 2 PM ON ZOOM.

The symposium will include an update on mining proposals in the northern Santa Ritas, discussions on the impact of mining on the Tohono O’odham of the San Xavier District and all communities in the Santa Cruz  Valley, the potential for pollution and the draw down of the local aquifer, the decline of air quality, the health consequences to the local residents, and the  impact on habitat biodiversity.

Speakers will include: Austin Nuñez, Chairman, San Xavier District, Tohono O’odham Nation; Charles Stack, Vice-president, NeoChloris, Inc.; Gayle Hartmann, President, Save the Scenic Santa Ritas; John Murphy (Democratic Club of Quail Creek & Field Museum).

To attend the meeting on ZOOM it will be necessary for you register by going to this link.

  We are looking forward to seeing you!