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Sounds well intentioned. But..
I feel that there are any metrics supporting claims of environmental benefits, like saving water, treating water, removing pollutants.
Is iron oxide a pollutant? By itself I would not have though so.
What makes this different from finding a mineral resource and extracting it to sell?
EDIT: A couple of informative and interesting follow up links
Wikipedia on Acid mine drainage.
Professor [Carl Kirby] paints a bright picture with 'yellow boy' [from Pennsylvania's acid mine drainage]