Elected officials in southern Arizona are once more voicing concerns over Copper World, a controversial mine proposed less than 30 miles south of the Tucson metro by Toronto-based mining company, Hudbay Minerals.
The Pima County Board of Supervisors has sent a slew of letters to investors, including the Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Corporation, which owns a 30% stake in Copper World after committing $600 million to the joint venture earlier this year.
Penned by Pima County Administrator Jan Lesher, Hudbay executives and a pair of Canadian regulators were also told that the foreign-owned mining project poses “unresolved risks” to the Santa Rita Mountains — “an area of significant ecological, cultural and hydrologic importance …”…