The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a final underground injection control permit for the Florence Copper Project in Florence.
The permit was announced Thursday by Taseko Mines Ltd., Florence Copper’s parent company.
“Receipt of this final permit is an exciting milestone for Taseko and a testament to the project’s strong environmental attributes. We now have one of a very few construction-ready, fully permitted copper projects in North America,” states Stuart McDonald, president and CEO of Canada-based Taseko, in a press release. “With approvals in place from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and now the EPA, we can commence construction of the Florence Copper commercial production facility.”
