Augusta Resource Corp. CEO Gil Clausen’s Aug. 23 statement in response to InvestigativeMEDIA’s documentary “Cyanide Beach” is a clumsy attempt to deflect public attention from the truth (‘Cyanide Beach’: Rosemont responds,” Sept. 9. Page A7).
The facts are simple as they are ugly.
Read the rest of InvestigativeMEDIA founder John Dougherty’s September 15 column in the Green Valley News by clicking here.
Greenwire, the leading information source for comprehensive, objective, daily coverage of environmental and energy policy, politics and markets, published a story last week on InvestigativeMEDIA and Rosemont Copper Company.
Former journalist probes company in bid to stop Ariz. copper mine
Manuel Quinones, E&E reporter
Published: Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Foes of a proposed copper mine near Tucson, Ariz., have hired a former journalist to scour records on the mining company’s finances, securities filings and executives in search of damaging information that might halt the project.
John Dougherty, founder of InvestigativeMEDIA LLC and a former reporter for Ohio’s Dayton Daily News and the Phoenix New Times, said he’s looking into the developer, Rosemont Copper Co., and its parent, Augusta Resource Corp., and hoping to raise questions about a planned open-pit mine in the Santa Rita Mountains.
“I think they are probably cooked,” Dougherty said of the mining company’s permitting and financial hurdles. “They’re in a bind.”
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Green Valley News editor Dan Shearer devotes his Sunday column to InvestigativeMEDIA’s documentary “Cyanide Beach” and states: “This documentary…does raise questions that Rosemont must address if it intends to move forward with integrity.”
“Cyanide Beach” will have two screenings on Monday, Sept. 17. The 24-minute documentary will be shown at 10 a.m. at the Tubac Community Center and at 6:30 p.m. at the Quail Creek Crystal Ballroom. The film will also be shown at 7 p.m., Sept. 29 in Patagonia at the Tin Shed. More screenings are being scheduled. Please see “events” for more information.
“Cyanide Beach” played to a packed house Sept. 5 and 6 at the Desert Sky Cinema in Sahuarita. More than 800 people have seen the documentary at two screenings in Tucson and two in Sahuarita.
InvestigativeMEDIA stands by the documentary “Cyanide Beach” and dismisses Rosemont Copper Company’s Aug. 23 press release attempting to discredit the film as a transparent attempt to deflect the public’s attention from the serious issues raised in the documentary.
Six of the current and former board members of Augusta Resource Corp., the parent company of Rosemont Copper, also served on the board of Sargold Resource Corporation. [Read more…]
