Chíchʼil Bił Dagoteel or Oak Flat in English, is a sacred site for the San Carlos Apache and is under threat of destruction by Resolution Copper, a United States subsidiary of the Australian mining companies BHP and Rio Tinto. Resolution Copper plans to use block cave mining techniques, which will cause Oak Flat to… Read more »
January 19, 2024
Advocacy: Save Oak Flat and Support a Just Energy Transition
Chíchʼil Bił Dagoteel or Oak Flat in English, is a sacred site for the San Carlos Apache and is under threat of destruction by Resolution Copper, a United States subsidiary of the Australian mining companies BHP and Rio Tinto. Resolution Copper plans to use block cave mining techniques, which will cause Oak Flat to… Read more »
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