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Utah Copper Mining Project at Lisbon Valley

Sector: Metal • Location: Lisbon Valley, Utah, United States

Source: EP Magazine

Project
Planned

The project involves in-situ copper recovery using underground injection wells at Lisbon Valley in San Juan County, Utah. It includes an aquifer exemption approval allowing the use of solution-mining to extract copper from subsurface rock formations. The project aims to produce hundreds of millions of pounds of copper, a critical mineral for U.S. infrastructure and clean-energy development.

Status
Prospective
Sector
Metal
Location
Lisbon Valley, Utah, United States of America
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
EP Magazine

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The project “Utah Copper Mining Project at Lisbon Valley” is an infrastructure initiative in the Metal sector, located in Lisbon Valley, Utah, United States. Taiyo aggregates data on it from EP Magazine.

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The project involves in-situ copper recovery using underground injection wells at Lisbon Valley in San Juan County, Utah. It includes an aquifer exemption approval allowing the use of solution-mining to extract copper from subsurface rock formations. The project aims to produce hundreds of millions of pounds of copper, a critical mineral for U.S. infrastructure and clean-energy development.

Original sector

Mining

Location

Country

United States of America (USA)

State

Utah

City

Lisbon Valley

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Sector

Metal

Article published date

2025-11-02

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