Rosemont Copper gives tours to all that are curious about seeing the advancement of the copper mine planned for the land area just near outside of Tucson. There You will see cattle grazing, detailed plans of how the mine is going to be made with minimum impact on the areas surrounding beauty.
It is planned for Rosemont Copper to develop one of the most advanced and environomentally friendly metal-producing field-operations in the world at this area. They will set new environmental standards for the resource protection, water protection and land reestablishment which will establish the standard for the balance of the global communities to follow when they are producing the necessary natural resources to allow the world to work.
What an adventure for everyone to discover and see what this operation is bringing the world right here in Tucson! Just book a tour, visit with the staff working in the mine area and you will learn that there is a true desire to reclaim the land in a lovely manner rather than scarred ugly piles of residue waste.
To facilitate the new growth revegetation and reclamation work effort, Rosemont Copper has established a 30,000 acre working cattle ranch about 30 miles south of Tucson, AZ. The ranch operation is professionally operated by Tom Kay and he will oversee a herd of five hundred to 550 beef cattle. The Rosemont ranch will have no dairy cows. Tom has years of ranching experience and loves being a cowboy, working to keep the cattle, equipment and environment all working in tip top order. He knows that we need copper to function today but he also believes that beauty in the area needs to be portected. The developmental plans of the company accomplish this with their vision, approach, plans and promises.
Rosemont Copper will be using the most current in natural, non-confined ranching operations. Rosemont livestock will be raised in native environmentally friendly manner with no hormones, no antibiotics and they will be completely range fed.
The revegetation has been studied with the work of the University Of Arizona School Of Natural Resources. They were performed to find the optimum plant species for the revegetation following the mining process. The twenty-nine seeds selected have a resilient and productive system and are currently available from large-scale commercial seed suppliers and meet the NRCS’s ecological site description.
The cattle operations are necessary to assist in the process of growing and reproducing the seeds. Since seeds do better if mixed into the soil so they don’t dehydrate in our desert heat or blow away in our wind so the cattle hooves can press the seed into the soil. The grazing of the cattle creates textured soil which helps retain water and nutrients.
Not only that but the chewing helps to stimulate the development not only with them grazing but also by walking on weeds and digesting weed flowers. Of course the manure provides benefits of fertilizing the land which helps even in the poor growth areas where a concentration of manure increases microorganisms and ads to the soil fertility.
Rosemont Copper has been actively assisting a number of local organizations with their fundraising programs. They have benefited in a number of activities such as supplying not only funding assistance but also providing the cow for the Cienega Rotary “Cow Pie Bingo” event where funds help in both local and international projects.
Rosemont Copper provides free weekly tours of the mine that include visits to the geology exploration camp, the historic mining areas, the old quarry, and the weather station. Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9 to noon. This tour will be not only a wonderful opportunity to see the Arizona Mountains and desert but also to learn about the value of copper to our development. Without copper we probably would not have electricity or would not have a space program. It’s critical to mine this mineral in the most environmentally friendly way possible and Rosemont Copper Mine is working toward succeeding in this and setting the standard for the rest of the world!
You can arrange for your Rosemont Copper Mine tour by calling Phone: (520) 343-1730 or by going to the ad on www.arizonabeautiful.com and going to the Tucson attractions region.
The mine is located approximately 30 miles southeast of Tucson, Arizona.