VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - Taseko Mines
Limited (TSX: TKO) (NYSE American: TGB) (LSE: TKO) ("Taseko" or the
"Company") is pleased to announce that its Florence Copper Project
received overwhelming support at the public hearing held by the
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality ("ADEQ"). The public
hearing, which is a key part of the process for the Aquifer
Protection Permit ("APP"), had participation from local community
members, local business owners, elected state officials and city
councilors, a state senator as well as representatives from the
technical services sector.
Russell Hallbauer, Chief
Executive Officer and Director of Taseko, commented, "30 interested
parties spoke at the hearing, communicating great support for the
Company and the project, with only one individual not in favour.
The ADEQ heard loud and clear that the community wants this project
to advance to commercial operation."
"The Company has worked very hard to inform the Florence
community on not only the safeguards in place to ensure the
environmental integrity of the project, but also the environmental
benefits of the Florence Copper extraction process. The extensive
data collected from 18 months of operating the test facility is
proof that the process works, both from a technical perspective as
well as environmentally," continued Mr. Hallbauer.
The ADEQ will take written correspondence for another three
weeks, until October 12, before
writing and issuing the final permit.
The Company recently produced a promotional video about the
Florence Copper Project which highlights the benefits of the
project and describes the in-situ copper recovery process. The
video can be accessed at
http://bit.ly/TasekoTalks_AProvenSuccess.
Russell Hallbauer
Chief Executive Officer and Director
No regulatory authority has approved or disapproved of the
information contained in this news release.
CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
This document contains "forward-looking statements" that were
based on Taseko's expectations, estimates and projections as of the
dates as of which those statements were made. Generally, these
forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of
forward-looking terminology such as "outlook", "anticipate",
"project", "target", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "intend",
"should" and similar expressions.
Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company's
actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to
be materially different from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. These included but are not limited
to:
- uncertainties about the effect of COVID-19 and the response of
local, provincial, federal and international governments to the
threat of COVID-19 on our operations (including our suppliers,
customers, supply chain, employees and contractors) and economic
conditions generally and in particular with respect to the demand
for copper and other metals we produce;
- uncertainties and costs related to the Company's exploration
and development activities, such as those associated with
continuity of mineralization or determining whether mineral
resources or reserves exist on a property;
- uncertainties related to the accuracy of our estimates of
mineral reserves, mineral resources, production rates and timing of
production, future production and future cash and total costs of
production and milling;
- uncertainties related to feasibility studies that provide
estimates of expected or anticipated costs, expenditures and
economic returns from a mining project;
- uncertainties related to the ability to obtain necessary
licenses permits for development projects and project delays due to
third party opposition;
- uncertainties related to unexpected judicial or regulatory
proceedings;
- changes in, and the effects of, the laws, regulations and
government policies affecting our exploration and development
activities and mining operations, particularly laws, regulations
and policies;
- changes in general economic conditions, the financial markets
and in the demand and market price for copper, gold and other
minerals and commodities, such as diesel fuel, steel, concrete,
electricity and other forms of energy, mining equipment, and
fluctuations in exchange rates, particularly with respect to the
value of the U.S. dollar and Canadian dollar, and the continued
availability of capital and financing;
- the effects of forward selling instruments to protect against
fluctuations in copper prices and exchange rate movements and the
risks of counterparty defaults, and mark to market risk;
- the risk of inadequate insurance or inability to obtain
insurance to cover mining risks;
- the risk of loss of key employees; the risk of changes in
accounting policies and methods we use to report our financial
condition, including uncertainties associated with critical
accounting assumptions and estimates;
- environmental issues and liabilities associated with mining
including processing and stock piling ore; and
- labour strikes, work stoppages, or other interruptions to, or
difficulties in, the employment of labour in markets in which we
operate mines, or environmental hazards, industrial accidents or
other events or occurrences, including third party interference
that interrupt the production of minerals in our mines.
For further information on Taseko, investors should review the
Company's annual Form 40-F filing with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission www.sec.gov and home jurisdiction filings
that are available at www.sedar.com, including the "Risk Factors"
included in our Annual Information Form.
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