Federal regulators approved South32’s Hermosa mine despite identifying adverse impacts to multiple endangered or threatened species, the suit notes.By Wyatt MyskowIn the foothills of southern Arizona’s Patagonia Mountains, atop so-called critical minerals such as zinc, is South32’s Hermosa project. The first mine added to a federal program designed to speed up permitting, it ‘set the standard for what the modern federal permitting process should look like’ with ‘clear timelines, real transparency, and comprehensive interagency coordination,’ federal officials said after approving it this summer.