Rio Tinto and BHP battle Apache tribes to build North America's biggest copper mine at sacred Oak Flat site
1 / of 3 Rio Tinto and BHP battle Apache tribes to build North America's biggest copper mine at sacred Oak Flat site Posted TueTuesday 26 updated TueTuesday 26 JanJanuary 2021 at 11:06pm Apache elder Wendsler Nosie is one of those leading the campaign to save Oak Flat from mining. ( Print text only "This place is very holy and religious to us." Wendsler Nosie Senior, an elder of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, is describing his people's land, Oak Flat or Chi'chil Bildagoteel, in the Arizona desert in the US south-west. The site in the Tonto National Forest is a popular camping and hiking ground...