Taseko Mines Limited announce the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") has publicly issued a draft Underground Injection Control ("UIC") permit for its Florence Copper Project. The EPA has stated that the public comment period for the draft federal permit will last 45 days, ending on September 29, with a virtual public hearing to be held on September 15. Florence Copper is expected to have the lowest energy and greenhouse gas-intensity ("GHG") of any copper producer in North America, and will reduce the United States' reliance on foreign producers for a metal considered to be critical for the transition to a low-carbon economy.