The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Region 9 (“Region”) issued an Underground Injection Control (“UIC”) permit to Florence Copper, Inc., authorizing the company to construct and operate a Production Test Facility in Pinal County, Arizona. The Permit, issued under the Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA”), authorizes Florence Copper to engage in in-situ copper mining at the Production Test Facility, which involves drilling wells and injecting acid into copper ore deposits for the purpose of copper recovery and production testing.