USDA further advances Trump administration push to unleash critical American mineral and energy dominance; Jordan Rose, founder and president of Rose Law Group, comments. 

 (Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Resolution Copper.) 

By USDA

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service today completed the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and issued the final record of decision for the Resolution Copper Project. The decision is now available on the agency’s project page. This is another important project in advancing President Trump’s goal of mineral independence and energy dominance by boosting domestic mineral production.

The action follows the March 13 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which upheld a district court decision denying a preliminary injunction that sought to halt the exchange. The court determined the Forest Service’s final environmental impact statement constitutes final agency action, satisfying administrative review requirements. With no legal basis to prevent the transfer, the land exchange proceeded under statutory direction established by Congress in the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act.

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Jordan Rose, Founder and President of Rose Law Group, tells RLGR, “It’s been a real honor to get to work for this great company for the past decade and a half! We are so happy for them to get to move forward creating jobs and materials essential to our lives.”