CORRRECTION to Aug. 8 story on fight over Resolution Copper mine

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged BC-CNS-Oak Flat that moved Monday, Aug. 8, under a WASHINGTON dateline are asked to run the following correction. The mine capacity error occurred in the 23rd graf of the original, the mayor’s name occurred throughout. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

WASHINGTON – An Aug. 8 Cronkite News story about the fight over the proposed Resolution Copper mine misstated the amount of copper the mine can produce. The company estimates the mine could produce up to 40 billion pounds of copper over 40 years. Additionally, the story misidentified the mayor of Superior. Her name is Mila Besich.