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Copper is the gateway to strategic and critical minerals

While Resolution Copper will be one of the largest copper mines in the United States, the mine will also be a tremendous source of other strategic and critical minerals that are essential to helping the United States enable the energy transition domestically.

State of critical minerals

Domestically mined and refined strategic and critical minerals are needed for the United States to reach its clean energy goals, bolster supply chain resiliency, and boost national security. However, the United States is currently heavily reliant on imported critical minerals at a time when the world is transitioning to a clean energy economy. Although global demand for critical minerals is set to skyrocket by 400-600 percent over the next several decades,1 the United States is increasingly dependent on foreign supplies for many of the processed versions of these minerals.

Resolution Copper is part of the solution.

Overseas development and dominance of the critical mineral industry places the United States at a strategic disadvantage, and projects like Resolution Copper are needed to meet current needs and future demands.

In addition to copper, Resolution Copper will also be a tremendous source of other strategic and critical minerals. Resolution Copper can be a domestic source of at least seven other strategic and critical minerals that are found in the mine’s deposit. These minerals can be used in a variety of materials and technologies ranging from semiconductors to solar panels to electric vehicles; all of which are essential to the clean energy transition and national security.

Superior’s role in the energy transition

Resolution Copper is more than a mine. It’s a team of dedicated people working toward the common goal of providing the strategic minerals and metals needed to power everyday life.

Resolution Copper is made up of people who live and work in the Copper Triangle, Copper Corridor, and nearby tribal communities. We are proud that the town of Superior, Arizona is playing such an important role in supplying the critical materials needed for United States national security and the energy transition.

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Resolution Copper invests $144 million to advance next phase of development

SUPERIOR, Arizona (November 5, 2026) – Resolution Copper will invest $144 million1 to advance the next phase of development at the project in Arizona, one of the world’s largest untapped copper deposits and a potential major new source of domestically produced copper for the United States.

Meet Christian, An Electrical Engineer Helping Keep People Safe Through Innovation

Today, as an Electrical Engineer at Resolution Copper, Christian works on the systems that help keep the site powered, connected, and safe. His job touches a little bit of everything: electrical infrastructure, circuit breakers, relays, automation systems, maintenance planning, design reviews, and field troubleshooting. He helps make sure the electrical systems can do what the site needs them to do and that the people working around those systems are protected.

Meet Resolution Copper’s Mine Rescue Team

Dozens of volunteers. Twelve days of training a year. All on top of their regular jobs. Most days, they're working underground, maintaining equipment, managing teams and projects, studying rock formations, welding, turning wrenches or handling any number of jobs that keep things running at Resolution Copper.

Q3 2026 Scorecard: A Look at the Work Behind the Numbers

From local jobs and project spending to water management and community partnerships, here's a look at what has been happening at Resolution Copper.

Meet the People Behind the Core

There are jobs where you work with spreadsheets. Jobs where you work with heavy equipment. And then there are jobs where working with rocks is literally part of the assignment. Welcome to the Core Processing Facility.

Resolution in the Community: September 2026

Resolution Copper participated in 77 community engagements during September, bringing our 2026 total engagements to 556. Behind those numbers are teachers finding new ways to engage students, volunteers helping neighbors, community partners thinking about the future of the Copper Corridor and opportunities to learn directly from Tribal communities.

Teamwork Powers 46 Level Upgrade

Deep underground at Resolution Copper, crews recently completed a major upgrade to the 46 Level pump station, modernizing a critical system that helps manage water in the mine's underground workings.

A Decade of Showing Up

Since 2016, Resolution Copper has invested more than $20 million through more than 900 partnerships supporting rural Arizona communities.Those partnerships span education, health and wellbeing, culture and heritage, environmental stewardship, business development, recreation and community economic development.

More Than a Game: How Baseball Became a Classroom

Since 2012, Resolution Copper and the Arizona Diamondbacks have worked together to create opportunities for Arizona youth, educators and communities. What started with Science of Baseball has grown into teacher workshops, hands-on STEM experiences, youth baseball clinics, Tribal youth programming and community recreation.