A Message from the President

Looking back on the first half of 2007, Resolution Copper achieved several important project milestones. We’ve also been working hard on our top priority— securing congressional approval for the land exchange bill that will allow mine development to move forward. You’ll read about our operational progress throughout this issue of The Resolution Reporter. Our proudest achievement? By June, we had reached 500 days, or more than 800,000 man-hours, at our Superior mining site without an injury resulting in lost time. My personal thanks go to our employees and contractors who put safety above all.

Land Exchange and operations status
As we have always stressed, passage of the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act is critical to project continuity. We’re working closely with government officials to educate them on the details and public benefits of the land exchange and to earn bi-partisan support for bill passage in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. The fact that the bill is still pending has an inevitable impact on the Resolution Project schedule. And that schedule necessarily impacts our workforce. For example, the Cementation team, one of our primary contractors, recently completed two impressive milestones: creating a seven-foot wide vertical shaft from the Never Sweat Tunnel to the surface, and reaching one year without a lost-time injury. But, until the land exchange is passed, we are unable to move forward at the speed we would like on other areas of the project that require the skills of Cementation staff.

Community interaction
We recognize that our neighbors have questions and concerns about the way ahead, and we’re making every effort to communicate, to listen and to respond. This summer, we’re engaging with the residents of Superior, Top of the World, Globe, Kearny, Hayden, Winkelman, and Globe-Miami in a variety of ways—through informal meetings at our new Superior headquarters, and by traveling to neighboring cities and towns. I’m also placing regular columns in the Superior
Sun and seven other local and regional newspapers to discuss important topics including the land exchange, the replacement campground for Oak Flats, mine development progress, water management, and local economic development.

We recently activated a Project Information telephone hotline (520.689.3409), which allows you to ask questions about any aspect of our operations, or to make suggestions about how we can work effectively with communities. And, in direct response to suggestions from the community, later this summer we’re opening a mine information office on Main Street in Superior, so that local residents can have easy access to Resolution Copper information and staff.

We need your voice
We hope that each and every individual who recognizes what the Resolution Project can bring to the local community, the region and the state of Arizona, will contact their congressional representative to voice support. We also urge you to complete the enclosed self-addressed, postage-paid card and return it to us*. We’ll make all cards available to members of Congress considering our bill.

John Rickus
President

*To obtain a card, please contact Resolution Copper.

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