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The Jordanian government will extract exploratory samples of copper from the Dana nature reserve as part of a feasibility study for widescale copper mining, local media reported on Monday. “Excavations will be carried out by a private company under the supervision of the Royal Society for the Conversation of Nature (RSCN), away from areas with great biodiversity,” according to the Jordanian daily,Al-Ghad. The Jordanian government has not yet confirmed this and the ministry of environment did not respond to a request for comment. In August, the Jordanian ministry of energy and mineral resources…