Fitz: We're Rosemont, and we have a mile-wide crater to sell to you

[Ptah]

Satire alert:

We're Augusta Resource Corp. We're just like you, only we wear lab coats, skinny ties
and plaid hard hats because we're Canadians. We're the good folks behind Rosemont Copper Mine.

This mining thing is new for us. Our resume is as blank as the pristine mountainside we're
hoping to crush into copper ore. As your American Gen. George Armstrong Custer said,
"There's a first time for everything," and this is it.

Opponents say our mine would devastate tourism and deplete the water supply. That it
would have negative long-term effects. Let's examine some of their objections:

Some are uncomfortable with mining because we are an extraction industry. We extract copper from
the earth in the same way dentists extract wisdom teeth, with great care and plenty of anesthetic beforehand.


Read more: http://azstarnet.com/news/opinion/editorial/fitz-we-re-rosemont-and-we-have-a-mile-wide/article_72cd1c14-69c2-5a21-ac36-11944eb9b11d.html

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This is about a proposed open pit copper mine near Tucson, AZ
It is the source of much debate here in southern Arizona.