Artisanal and small-scale mining can lead to commodities being mined, sold and purchased through unofficial channels and potentially financing criminal or terrorist organizations.
Over the 27-year project life, annual production would reach 163 million lb. copper, 211,000 oz. gold, 1.28 million oz. silver and 15.1 million lb. molybdenum.
Hackmanite is considered a natural wonder material that is cheap and easy to synthesize and that has applications in personal UV monitoring and X-ray imaging.