https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2017/04/28/status-check-of-arizonas-copper-mine/
With this region in the United States producing over 65% of the country's Copper metal, our asset looks very promising for future production. This deposit could be worth big dollars.
Another importance is the state government is very pro-mining! The area is in need of good jobs and a better economy with a need to development these projects.
Now what really makes our project/asset very attractive to majors in the area and more promising day by day is the lack of opposition from residents!!! As you may read in this article, our neighbouring deposit is having trouble with the people NOT wanting development of this project which makes Van Dyke more attractive as an investment from majors for development and production!
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The state’s mining industry – Arizona makes up 65 percent of copper production in the United States – employs about 11,000 people and generates thousands of jobs in connected industries.
But the industry has been battling permitting issues and environmental concerns, especially in Florence, where residents have been working for eight years to block a copper mine
Florence Copper is one of three ISCR sites under development in Arizona. The others are Gunnison Copper Project near Wilcox and the Van Dyke project in the Globe-Miami district. Gunnison is owned by the Excelsior Mining Corporation and Van Dyke is owned by a subsidiary of Copper Fox Metals Inc. Both companies, and Taseko, which owns Florence Copper, are based in Canada.
There are currently 14 mines open in the state and six that are in various stages of the permitting process, according to Norton. Those six are Florence Copper, Gunnison Copper, the Van Dyke project, the Resolution Copper Mine near Superior, Rosemont Project in Pima County and the Arizona Mining Taylor Project.
“The future of mining is bright in Arizona,” she said. “So if we can get through the permitting process, which mostly is the federal government. State government is very supportive of mining. Then we can get those six new projects open, which is thousands of jobs and thousands of taxes back to the state.”
