By Tony Davis | Arizona Daily Star
The company that hopes to build the Rosemont Mine has filed claims with two agencies that could give it a legal route around a federal court ruling that blocked mine construction.
Hudbay Minerals Inc. filed hundreds of new legal claims in the past 10 days that could allow it to dump the mine’s waste rock and tailings on public land after all. The company isn’t offering a detailed explanation.
But it’s clear that the claim filing could serve as a backup strategy if the company fails to overturn the July 31 court ruling that stopped its $1.9 billion construction project for Rosemont.
The new claims, known in federal rules as “millsite” claims, are intended for use on land without valuable minerals.