David Iversen, South32 KTAR Exclusive

KTAR's David Iversen was the only reporter at the South32 Hermosa mine in Patagonia this week. He witnessed the ceremonial signing of the nation's first mining project to make it through a federal fast-track permitting program called FAST-41. It can take up to 30 years for a mining project like this to get going. This one took 2.

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