Third-Largest U.S. Copper Mine Expected to Be Brought Online in 2012 Despite Environmentalists' Concerns

SUGAR LAND--December 23, 2009--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Despite concerns from local residents and environmental groups, Augusta Resource Corporation (NYSE:AZC) (Vancouver, British Columbia), a base metals company, is advancing plans for the Rosemont copper-molybdenum deposit near Tucson, Arizona, which is expected to be the third-largest copper mine in the U.S.

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