Air Quality Permits of Interest

Copper World, Inc.

Revised On: April 1, 2024 - 9:40 a.m.

Facility Information

On Oct. 21, 2022, ADEQ received the Class II Air Quality Permit application for the Copper World Project from Copper World, Inc.

The Copper World Project is located approximately 28 miles southeast of Tucson, Arizona in Pima County and about 12 miles southeast of Sahuarita, Arizona. The Copper World Project will be developed as an open-pit mining operation. Both sulfide and oxide ore will be mined and beneficiated. The project will include a milling and flotation circuit for the processing of sulfide ore along with conventional tailings disposal. A heap leach facility (HLF) is planned that includes a lined heap leach pad (HLP) and associated lined ponds for the leaching of copper from oxide ore. The project also includes a solvent extraction and electrowinning (SX-EW) plant for processing of copper-rich solutions from the heap leach circuit and from a separate copper concentrate leach circuit.

Location

9025 East Santa Rita Road
Sahuarita, Arizona 85629

Documents

Initial Application
Permit Application | View/Download >
Project Modeling Report | View/Download >

Revised Modeling Report
Submission Cover Letter | View/Download >
Revised Modeling Report | View/Download >

Final Modeling Report
Submission Cover Letter | View/Download >
Final Modeling Report | View/Download >

Dust Plans
Submission Cover Letter | View/Download >
Revised Dust Control Plan | View/Download >
Revised Tailings Dust Management Plan | View/Download >

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