A US appeals court ruling will allow mine development on Oak Flat, land sacred to Apaches
by Anita Snow and Matthew Daly
Mar 02, 2024
2 minutes
An Apache group that has fought to protect land it considers sacred from a copper mining project in central Arizona suffered a significant blow Friday when a divided federal court panel voted 6-5 to uphold a lower court's denial of a preliminary injunction to halt the transfer of land for the project.
The Apache Stronghold organization had hoped to halt the mining
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