Caption

Superior, Arizona - A billboard posted by Resolution Copper to promote its proposed underground copper mine at Oak Flat. Members of the San Carlos Apache tribe oppose the mine, saying it would destroy land that has been sacred to them for thousands of years

Date

Jan 30, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jim West

Reference

BRK26B76_194

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

86.1Mb (5.6Mb) / 22.4in x 14.9in / 6720 x 4480 (300dpi)

Keywords

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