Mining companies seeking startup of gold
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Projects Las Cristinas and Brisas del Cuyuni have submitted all documentation and only lack the record start

Isidro Casanova


Minister Rodolfo Sanz, expected by miners SurAl time that popular representations Rodolfo Sanz asked the minister to visit parishes El Dorado and Las Claritas finds needs to request startup of the Las Cristinas macro and Brisas del Cuyuni, because they bring sources work. The 21 indigenous communities that make up Creole and the parish San Isidro expressed in writing, that the startup of the aforementioned companies, will bring about 5 thousand direct jobs. - Our economic reality today remains the gold mining but existing mines that have been in operation, have been very trajinadas and no longer pay, therefore, say-we need to start projects with new technology. We want to continue working but we did not find how. We understand that companies have complied with the official procedures, but lack the record start.


With the Mission Piar

Meanwhile, executives of the mining sector and communal council of El Placer, San Rafael de La Camorra, of El Dorado, alleging that Jose Odiaga, an official of the Mission Piar, instead of helping solve problems is provided for the creation of others, declare a media that the people of this area have been hit by army troops and mining companies which is totally untrue, said Maruvi Ascanio, Marcos Ramos, Nelson Rivas, Yuly Agrinzone, Edgar Romero and Carmen Sanchez.

In their written statements provided by our editorial expressed as follows.

- We ask the minister Rodolfo Sanz de Mibam A visit to this area to contact the people the true situation of our community and run charges. Clarify further that Gerardo Poblet, Alejandro Lovera, Antonio Rincon, Jose and Ana Rojas Odiaga, have no association with small-scale mining and less with the industry where we live. Lovera was expelled from the mine by San Chicken criminal activities. They have issued statements in other newspapers, saying representatives miners when they are not, and have accused the group of illegal environmental Agapov, when it is totally untrue. We live in the area where the Group operates and can attest that does not cause any environmental damage. They do so by the end dark. The group Agapov has always supported this community and the small-scale mining sector. Agapov The Group has established strategic alliances with us, small miners, who stimulate further development of community councils, cultural groups, and other social programs.


Indian and Creole in the same struggle

The parish San Isidro, Sifontes municipality, one of the largest reserves in gold, has been organized from the bottom up by civil society. Indian and Creole have agreed to the creation of community councils and other forms of organization. Indigenous communities are represented by Paciano Éliman, Daniel Gomez, and Freddy Enrito Eligio Velasquez. The organizations are represented by Creoles Yokasta Cedeño and Alcides Herrera, who directed communications minister Basic Industries and Mining-Mibam - Rodolfo Sanz, insistiéndole the need for the visit and palpe realities. The communication also signed, Patricia Gomez, Gilberto Aguirre, Sergio Williams, Hover Toro, Marlon Montes and others.