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Lisbon Valley Copper Project

PROJECT WEBSITE: Lisbon Valley Mining Company Plan Modification

All dates below are specific to the schedule of the Environmental Review and Permitting processes for this project.

In Progress

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING STATUS
IN PROGRESS

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ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING
06/29/2026

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ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING PROCESSES
COMPLETED

Mining

SECTOR
Mining

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CATEGORY
Project Category FAST-41 Transparency Projects

Department of the Interior

LEAD AGENCY
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management

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Department of the Interior

Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service

Environmental Protection Agency

Environmental Protection Agency

Description:

Lisbon Valley Mining Company, LLC (LVMC) currently mines copper ore from an open pit mine on 4,480 acres in San Juan County, Utah. LVMC submitted a Plan of Operations Modification to the Bureau of Land Management to expand open pit and beneficiation operations, and to initiate the extraction of copper through a method of in-situ recover into an adjoining area. Additions would include a new open pit, waste rock storage area, process ponds, and in-situ recovery wells in a proposed 5,430 acres. Estimated surface disturbance contained in the Plan of Operations Modification is 1,190 acres. In addition to BLM’s analysis, the project would also require a pending aquifer exemption from the Environmental Protection Agency to allow fluids to be injected underground for the in-situ recovery process.

This project is posted in the interest of transparency and response to Executive Order 14241. 

Permitting Timetable

The permitting timetable below displays data as reported by agencies. Dates for Environmental Review and Permitting processes (Actions) that are in 'Paused' or 'Planned' status are subject to change and are not indicative of a project's final schedule.

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Overall Project Timetable
 
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Planned

Action Information

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