Op-ed: From Fondomonte to Chinese-backed mining company: Arizona at risk of another natural resource giveaway

This piece originally appeared as an op-ed in the Tucson Sentinel on October 24, 2025.

Henry Muñoz, a retired miner with 24 years of experience working underground and a member of HECHO’s Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council, is not opposed to mining. However, he is against the proposed Resolution Copper mine at Oak Flat because poses a serious threat to Arizona’s limited water supply, public lands, local communities, and a sacred site.  Read more in his insightful op-ed.