A welcoming presentation given as orientation on the overall Rosemont Copper Project presented by Rosemont Copper. This presentation was given to the Forest Service and their contractors during technical transfer meetings in November 2008.

1. Technology Transfer Meeting
November 12, 2008

2. History
and
Ownership
Helve3a
and
Rosemont
Mining
District
! Congress
recognizes
Helve3a
and
Rosemont
Mining
Districts
-­‐
1880
! Southern
Arizona
led
the
na3on’s
copper
produc3on
-­‐
1900
! Rosemont
District
mined
-­‐
1870
through
1950
! First
mining
claims:
• NarraganseK,
1879
• Eclipse,
1884
• Backbone,
1885
Old
Rosemont,
ca.
1900
Store
and
warehouse,
center;
! Recent
History:
Rosemont
Hotel,
right.
• Banner
Mining
Company,
1961
• Anamax,
1973
-­‐
1986
• Asarco,
1988
-­‐
2004
• Rosemont
Copper,
2005

3. Rosemont
Ownership
! Rosemont
Copper
Company
is
an
Arizona
Corpora3on
and
a
wholly
owned
subsidiary
of
Augusta
Resource
Corpora3on
! Rosemont
Copper
Company
has
offices
in
Tucson
and
Denver
! Augusta
Resource
Corpora3on
is
traded
on
the
American
and
the
Toronto
Stock
Exchanges
using
the
stock
symbol
AZC

4. Mine Plan of Operations
! Rosemont
Copper
submiKed
the
Mine
Plan
of
Opera3ons
to
the
US
Forest
Service
on
July
11,
2007.
! The
MPO
includes
the
Rosemont
Copper
project
progressive
design,
conserva3on,
and
sustainability
ini3a3ves.
! The
MPO
consists
of
several
documents:
• The
Mine
Plan
of
Opera3ons
• The
Infrastructure
Plan
• The
Reclama3on
Plan
• Addi3onal
Informa3on
requested
by
the
Forest
Service

5. Rosemont
Land Ownership
! Mining
Property:
• 132
patented
claims,
covering
just
under
2,000
acres
• 905
unpatented
claims,
covering
more
than
12,000
acres
• Other
ranchlands
covering
approximately
800
acres
! Ranching
Property:
• Private
ranchland
property
covering
approximately
800
acres
(unpatented
mining
claims
cover
some
of
the
ranchlands)
• Grazing
rights
for
30,000
acres

6. Rosemont Production
Annual Metal
Product
Production
Copper Concentrate 220,000,000 pounds
Copper Cathode 14,000,000 pounds
Molybdenum Concentrate 5,000,000 pounds
Silver 3,500,000 ounces
Gold 15,000 ounces
! Sulfide
ore
processing
rate
=
75,000
tons
per
day
! Oxide
ore
process
rates
=
51,000
tons
per
day
peak
(Year
1),
all
ore
placed
by
year
6
! Mining
rate
=
322,000
tons
per
day
Mine
Plan
of
Opera.ons
/
Feasibility
Study
–
July
2007

7. Economic Impact
! Rosemont
Employment:
• 500
people
directly
• 1500
people
indirectly
! Rosemont
provides
5%
of
the
copper
used
in
the
US
! Rosemont
will
provide
a
$487
million
annual
impact
to
Arizona’s
economy
! Arizona
state
and
local
governments
will
receive
approximately
$589
million
in
taxes
over
the
life
of
the
mine
! Federal
taxes
are
es3mated
at
$1.6
billion
over
the
life
of
the
mine

8. Current Economic Impact for Local Firms
! Rosemont
currently
is
using
a
number
of
local
firms
for
engineering
and
other
por3ons
of
the
project
! These
firms
employ
hundreds
of
people.
! Some
of
those
firms
include:
• M3
Engineering
• Call
and
Nicholas
• Geomechanics
Southwest
• Mountain
States
R&D
• DM
Engineering
• Verizon
Interna3onal
• SkylineLabs
• Fedex-­‐Kinkos
• Tetra
Tech
• Securitas
• Alphagraphics
• AMEC
• Western
Refining
• Southwest
Explora3on
• WestLand
Resources
• Stantec
Services
• Applied
Environmental
• Cooper
Aerial
• Turner
Laboratories
Consul3ng
• Reprographics
• E.L.
Montgomery
and
• Verdad
Group,
L.L.C.
Associates
• Physical
Resource
• EPG
Laboratories
• Strongpoint
Public
Rela3ons
• Mountain
View
Tours
• Metcon
• Fennemore
Craig,
PC
• Old
El
Paso
Barbecue
• Boart
Longyear
• Sonoran
Pump
Supply
• Bonesteel
• Lang
Drilling
• Darling
Environmental
and
• Navigant
• Layne
Drilling
Survey
• University
of
Arizona
• Zonge
Geosciences,
Inc.

9. Current Community Involvement Activities
! Rosemont
has
an
ac3ve
community
involvement
program
suppor3ng
local
chari3es
and
ac3vi3es.
! We
hold
memberships
in
a
number
of
community
organiza3ons
! Corporate
contribu3ons
support
primarily
educa3on,
the
extrac3ve
industries,
necessary
community
service,
or
involve
areas
around
our
site
of
opera3on
! Examples
include:
• The
Arizona
Trail
• Community
Water
Company
• Greater
Green
Valley
• The
University
of
Arizona
• Sahuarita
Rage
ASA
Fastpitch
Community
Founda3on
Athle3cs
• Tucson
Regional
Economic
• Teachers
Wish
List
Opportuni3es
• The
University
of
Arizona
College
of
Engineering
• Community
Food
Bank
• Green
Valley
Rotary
• Rocky
Mountain
Elk
Founda3on
• El
Tour
de
Tucson
• Volunteer
Center
of
Southern
• Tucson
SME
Chapter
• Arizona
CaKle
Growers
Arizona
• Tucson
Hispanic
Chamber
of
• Arizona-­‐Mexico
Commission
• Chicanos
Por
La
Causa
Commerce
• AMIGOS
• Arizona
Opera
• Metropolitan
Tucson
Chamber
• Metropolitan
Pima
Alliance
• Tucson
Rough
Riders
of
Commerce
• Arizona
Geological
Society
• SME
Diggers
&
Duffers
Golf
• Green
Valley/Sahuarita
Tournament
Chamber
of
Commerce
• Tucson
Gem
&
Mineral
Show
• Arizona
Mining
Associa3on

10. Thank you
We
hope
you
enjoy
the
presenta3ons
today.