Talking points for customizing the letter:

• What’s the rush?  Let the company go through the hearing process first and then determine whether land needs to be privatized.
• Any attempt to mine at Oak Flats at a depth of more than 7,000 feet would be difficult at best.  It would be a tragedy to hastily privatize Oak Flats only to have the mine flop.
• Resolution Copper has done nothing but backroom lobbying and slick public relations while refusing to provide the public with useful information about its mining plans.
• Privatizing Oak Flats would make the area off limits to many irreplaceable traditional uses. 
• This bill is a blatant attempt by the company to avoid federal agency oversight.

For more information:

• A fact sheet written by the Access Fund outlines the history of the Oak Flat area's protection from mining.
  
• Friends of Queen Creek has a position paper on the issue.
  
• The Access Fund (a climber's group) has more information in previous action alerts.