Jessica Castillo, a Resolution Copper employee, wears a belt buckle with mine shaft 10 embossed on it at the company's acility in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 30, 2021. Picture taken March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

Sandra Rambler, a San Carlos Apache tribal elder, holds a photo of her mother talking with former Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar during his visit to Oak Flat in 2009, in San Carlos, Arizona, U.S., March 31, 2021. "If they bring a bulldozer to Oak Flat, Resolution Copper, I'll be wearing my traditional dress and I'll be there. They can bulldoze me over my dead body," said Rambler. "This is our land. We're not immigrants. We're the original inhabitants of this country." Picture taken March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

Geologist Zach Zenns examines copper ore samples from the exploratory mine shaft 10 in the geological facility of Resolution Copper in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 30, 2021. Picture taken March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

Darrin and Paula Lewis of Superior Lumber & Hardware are seen outside the store in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 30, 2021. "I sunk everything I have into this place,” Darrin Lewis said. Picture taken March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

A mural celebrates the history of mining at City Hall in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 29, 2021. Picture taken March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

Copper ore samples from the exploratory mine shaft 10 are packaged in the geological facility of Resolution Copper in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 30, 2021. Picture taken March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

The Resolution Copper exploratory mine shaft 10 facility and rehabilitated Magma Mine shaft 9 in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 30, 2021. Picture taken March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

A mine worker walks toward the mine shaft at the Resolution Copper exploratory mine shaft 10 facility in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 30, 2021. Picture taken March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

Former chairman of the San Carlos Apache Tribe Dr. Wendsler Nosie, Sr., left, prays over Daniel Mendoza at Chi'chil Bildagoteel as it is called in Apache, or Oak Flat Campground, in the Tonto National Forest near Miami, Arizona, U.S., March 29, 2021. Mendoza learned later in life that he is Chiricahua Apache and that his mom was adopted into a Mexican family. Mendoza traveled from San Diego to visit Oak Flat and meet fellow Chiricahua Apache Dr. Nosie after hearing about the fight to defend the land that many Apache people hold sacred. Picture taken March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

Naelyn Pike stands for a portrait in San Carlos, Arizona, U.S., March 31, 2021. "They failed at killing our people. So they're gonna kill our spirit. That's the cornerstone and foundation to who we are, our spiritual significance as Apache people. So how can you mitigate that?" Pike said. "The thing about this is that they're taking away our freedom, they're taking away our religion, our way of life." Picture taken March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

Henry Munoz, a retired BHP miner and head of the Concerned Citizens and Retired Miners Coalition of Superior who are opposed to the proposed block-mining project near Oak Flat, points at a page of the final Environmental Impact Statement regarding the Resolution Copper Project and Land Exchange on his patio table at his home in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 30, 2021. "This land is going to be worthless if there's no water to go with it," Munoz said. Picture taken March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

Mine workers do maintenance work 6780 ft (2066 m) underground in the Resolution Copper exploratory mine shaft 10 in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 30, 2021. Picture taken March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

Copper ore samples from the exploratory mine shaft 10 are seen in the geological facility of Resolution Copper in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 30, 2021. Picture taken March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

Air ventilation, electricity and water run through pipes 6780 ft underground in the Resolution Copper exploratory mine shaft 10 in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 30, 2021. Picture taken March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

Mayor Mila Besich works at City Hall in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 29, 2021. Picture taken March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

Henry Munoz, a retired BHP miner and head of the Concerned Citizens and Retired Miners Coalition of Superior who are opposed to the proposed block-mining project near Oak Flat, poses at his home in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 30, 2021. "This land is going to be worthless if there's no water to go with it," Munoz said. Picture taken March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

Mine workers walk 6780 ft (2066 m) underground in the Resolution Copper exploratory mine shaft 10 in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 30, 2021. Picture taken March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Mine workers wait for the mine shaft lift while 6780 ft (2066 m) underground in the Resolution Copper exploratory mine shaft 10 in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 30, 2021. Picture taken March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

Mine workers talk 6780 ft (2066 m) underground in the Resolution Copper exploratory mine shaft 10 in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 30, 2021. Picture taken March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

Mine workers Matthew Berumen, Chris Allison and Ray Ramirez do maintenance work 6780 ft (2066 m) underground in the Resolution Copper exploratory mine shaft 10 in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 30, 2021. Picture taken March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

Mine workers Matthew Berumen, Chris Allison and Ray Ramirez do maintenance work 6780 ft (2066 m) underground in the Resolution Copper exploratory mine shaft 10 in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 30, 2021. Picture taken March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

The sun sets in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 29, 2021. Picture taken March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

Naelyn Pike plays with dogs in San Carlos, Arizona, U.S., March 31, 2021. "I remember as a young girl, at six years old, seeing my grandfather wearing a bulletproof vest trying to explain to the townspeople of Superior how important the protection of our land is against Resolution Copper," said Pike. Pike's grandfather Dr. Wendsler Nosie, Sr. has been living at Oak Flat for the last year and a half praying for the land and drawing attention to Apache Stronghold's fight to save the sacred land. "I think a lot of people get a misconception that the Oak Flat movement just began like within the last year or so, but my grandfather's been fighting this fight for over 18 years." Picture taken March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

Mine workers talk at the Resolution Copper exploratory mine shaft 10 facility in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 30, 2021. Picture taken March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

An Emory oak tree grows at Chi'chil Bildagoteel as it is called in Apache, or Oak Flat Campground in the Tonto National Forest near Miami, Arizona, U.S., March 29, 2021. The Emory oak trees provide acorns that the San Carlos Apache Tribe and other Indigenous people have used for ceremonies, medicine and food for generations. Picture taken March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

Henry Munoz, a retired BHP miner and head of the Concerned Citizens and Retired Miners Coalition of Superior who are opposed to the proposed block-mining project near Oak Flat, points to a painting gifted to him by a friend at his home in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 30, 2021. "This land is going to be worthless if there's no water to go with it," Munoz said. Picture taken March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

The view 6780 ft (2066 m) underground from the lift in the Resolution Copper exploratory mine shaft 10 in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 30, 2021. Picture taken March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

The Oak Flat campground in the Tonto National Forest, Arizona, U.S., March 31, 2021. Picture taken March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

An Emory oak tree grows in the foreground as the Resolution Copper exploratory mine shaft 10 is seen next to the Magma Mine shaft 9, seen from Chi'chil Bildagoteel as it is called in Apache, or Oak Flat Campground in the Tonto National Forest near Miami, Arizona, U.S., March 29, 2021. Picture taken March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

A building is up for sale or rent in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 29, 2021. Picture taken March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

A rock face near Apache Leap, between Oak Flat Campground in the Tonto National Forest and Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 29, 2021. According to Apache oral history, Apache Leap is a site of a mass suicide by Apache warriors residing near Superior who refused to surrender to U.S. troops during the Apache wars in the late 1870s. Apache Leap has been designated a special management area by the Tonto National Forest. Picture taken March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

Evidence of past mining projects is visible in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 30, 2021. Picture taken March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

"Save Oak Flat" is seen on a water tower in San Carlos, Arizona, U.S., March 31, 2021. Picture taken March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

A "Protect Oak Flat" sign is seen at Oak Flat campground in the Tonto National Forest, Arizona, U.S., March 31, 2021. Picture taken March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

The Oak Flat campground in the Tonto National Forest, Arizona, U.S., March 31, 2021. "I remember as a young girl, at six years old, seeing my grandfather wearing a bulletproof vest trying to explain to the townspeople of Superior how important the protection of our land is against Resolution Copper," said Naelyn Pike. Pike's grandfather Dr. Wendsler Nosie Sr. has lived at Oak Flat campground for the past year and a half. Picture taken March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

A Resolution Copper facility in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 30, 2021. Picture taken March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

A rock face near Apache Leap, between Oak Flat Campground in the Tonto National Forest and Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 29, 2021. According to Apache oral history, Apache Leap is a site of a mass suicide by Apache warriors residing near Superior who refused to surrender to U.S. troops during the Apache wars in the late 1870s. Apache Leap has been designated a special management area by the Tonto National Forest. Picture taken March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

A hen walks down North Magma Avenue, so-named for the Magma Mine, a silver, gold, zinc and copper mine which ushered in growth before closing in 1996, in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 30, 2021. Picture taken March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

The sun sets behind Picketpost Mountain in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 29, 2021. Picture taken March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

A hawk flies over part of Oak Flat that is visible from a viewing area at the Resolution Copper exploratory mine shaft 10 facility and rehabilitated Magma Mine shaft 9 in Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 30, 2021. Picture taken March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A view of Picketpost Mountain behind Superior, Arizona, U.S., March 29, 2021. Picture taken March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

An aerial view shows rotten trees in a toxic lake near southwestern town of Yatagan in Mugla province, Turkey, February 24, 2021. The toxic lake, known as an ash dam, is created by a mix of waste water and polluted ash which are both produced at the nearby Yatagan power station, according to environmental activist Deniz Gumusel. The lake contains heavy metals such as selenium, cadmium, boron, nickel, copper and zinc that are leaking into the earth and groundwater of the Yatagan Plain, an agricultural plain that feeds both Yatagan and Mugla towns. It is one of 15 ash dams in Turkey, which environmental organizations are trying to tackle, to stop them from causing further damage to nature. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Umit Bektas SEARCH "GLOBAL WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

People walk past the Copper Horse Statue of King George III, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Windsor, Britain, March 7, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra

A Kashmiri shopkeeper selling copperware fixes a copper plate for a customer at his shop in downtown Srinagar March 1, 2021. Picture taken March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Sanna Irshad Mattoo

A Kashmiri artisan heats up a copper plate during its galvanizing process inside his workshop in downtown Srinagar March 1, 2021. Picture taken March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Sanna Irshad Mattoo

A Kashmiri artisan prepares a copper plate during its galvanizing process inside his workshop in downtown Srinagar March 1, 2021. Picture taken March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Sanna Irshad Mattoo

A Kashmiri artisan heats up a large copper cooking pot inside a workshop in Kashmir's Budgam district February 24, 2021. Picture taken February 24, 2021. REUTERS/Sanna Irshad Mattoo

A Kashmiri artisan makes copper utensils inside a workshop in Kashmir's Budgam district February 24, 2021. Picture taken February 24, 2021. REUTERS/Sanna Irshad Mattoo

A Kashmiri artisan engraves designs on a traditional copper samovar inside his workshop in downtown Srinagar March 1, 2021. Picture taken March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Sanna Irshad Mattoo

A Kashmiri artisan engraves designs on a traditional copper samovar inside his workshop in downtown Srinagar March 1, 2021. Picture taken March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Sanna Irshad Mattoo

A copper utensil is heated up inside artisan's workshop in Kashmir's Budgam district February 24, 2021. Picture taken February 24, 2021. REUTERS/Sanna Irshad Mattoo

A Kashmiri artisan is reflected in a mirror as he heats up a copper plate during its galvanizing process inside a workshop in downtown Srinagar March 1, 2021. Picture taken March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Sanna Irshad Mattoo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Kashmiri workers make large copper cooking pots inside a workshop in Kashmir's Budgam district February 24, 2021. Picture taken February 24, 2021. REUTERS/Sanna Irshad Mattoo

Kashmiri artisans engrave designs on traditional copper samovars inside a workshop in downtown Srinagar March 1, 2021. Picture taken March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Sanna Irshad Mattoo

An employee works in a copper electrolysis workshop of Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company (Kola MMC), a subsidiary of Nornickel metals and mining company, in the town of Monchegorsk in Murmansk Region, Russia February 25, 2021. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

An employee works in a copper electrolysis workshop of Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company (Kola MMC), a subsidiary of Nornickel metals and mining company, in the town of Monchegorsk in Murmansk Region, Russia February 25, 2021. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

Employees work in a copper electrolysis workshop of Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company (Kola MMC), a subsidiary of Nornickel metals and mining company, in the town of Monchegorsk in Murmansk Region, Russia February 25, 2021. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

Handmade Christmas tree decorations created by Ukrainian artist Maryna Gerashchenko are seen at her home in Kyiv, Ukraine December 9, 2020. The decorations are made by soaking cotton wool in a wheat paste and wrapping it around copper wire. The method was popular among people who could not afford to buy expensive glass Christmas decorations and especially widespread in tsar Russia and Soviet Union. Picture taken December 9, 2020. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Ukrainian artist Maryna Gerashchenko, 56, shows handmade Christmas tree decorations to her granddaughter at home in Kyiv, Ukraine December 9, 2020. The decorations are made by soaking cotton wool in a wheat paste and wrapping it around copper wire. The method was popular among people who could not afford to buy expensive glass Christmas decorations and especially widespread in tsar Russia and Soviet Union. Picture taken December 9, 2020. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Parts of handmade Christmas tree decorations created by Ukrainian artist Maryna Gerashchenko are seen at her home in Kyiv, Ukraine December 9, 2020. The decorations are made by soaking cotton wool in a wheat paste and wrapping it around copper wire. The method was popular among people who could not afford to buy expensive glass Christmas decorations and especially widespread in tsar Russia and Soviet Union. Picture taken December 9, 2020. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich