The Mayor Marlene Vargas, who added that the national government must understand that with the start of the pending projects, it will absorb much of miners walking gold areas looking for work.

Isidro Casanova

Marlene Vargas de Ribas: boot the Las Cristinas project

Begins Las Cristinas project, the people expected to boot, was the expression of the mayor Marlene Vargas Rivas who again referred to conflicts that have been presented, because the small-scale mining has not received productive areas where deal, without contravening the environmental standard. He said the new conflict that broke out in Las Claritas, where the miners affected trance backbone 10, seeking answers to their problems, especially evictions. - I understand that the company Crystallex, operates the Las Cristinas project has submitted to the satisfaction of the requirements Mines and Environment, now, I do not understand why he has not been authorized startup of Las Cristinas. We all want to start. The national government must understand that once the Las Cristinas project starts along with other pending projects, is absorbed much of miners walking areas looking for gold production deal.


Crystallex have many years waiting for permits

Thomas Rafael Yépez, president of the Municipal Sifontes, an organization that lasted until the emergence of mayors, felt about the problems that have been generated in the South, especially the lack of companies that assume manpower and that in turn Contribute to the integral development in the form as we have been raising.

- Crystallex-Added-have many years waiting to start the Las Cristinas project. When I was chairman of the City Council, he gave this undertaking, requiring permits to operate, giving addition, other support. We know that it is an undertaking that when you start Las Cristinas absorbs large number of manpower and generates economy for development

Crystallex must be considered as strategic company

Taking into account the structure of the new Government's economic policy, Crystallex but can be inserted within the framework of strategic enterprises, the professor suggested Omelio Head, former mayor of the municipality Sifontes.

- Crystallex, as other trans-added-can be located within the administrative context which is being implemented by the President Hugo Chávez. Private enterprise in this development process is very important and should be. Private enterprise is generating jobs that would assume the workforce unemployed in the cities and towns in the South. We must also take into account that Crystallex has made significant investments in social sectors to support health, culture, sports and resolving some of the flaws that have been submitting public services.

He said the former mayor who is now time for the Government to grant all permits to Crystallex for the latter to start the Las Cristinas project

Top Las Cristinas

Contrary to what is done, as is delaying environmental permits, the State open the gate, handing the permits to start the Crystallex Las Cristinas project, taking into account that this company is part of a joint project, said Antonio Rivas, manager of the unit Minera del Sur, professional organization that fights for the organization of small miners in the municipalities of the South.

- Las Cristinas is a project that should be under way since has complied with all permits, just as happens with the draft Brisas del Cuyuní, located in Las Claritas, in the hope that he surrender the minutes of initiation. When officials closed the mine in La Paragua, Icabarú and elsewhere, have to open the floodgates for mining companies to absorb the workforce that will be vacated. Crystallex is part of a joint agreement for quite some time and had to start the project. The small mining can be inserted in the mining industry, the two can go take some mechanism that governs. The thousands of unemployed miners, which are seeking work.

One possible revocation

Although details are not known officially, has indicated that the government revoked environmental permits that had submitted CVG to boot the Las Cristinas project is operating company whose Crystallex. We must take into account that the grant where the mine is Las Claritas CVG, although environmental permits provided the company Crystallex, which made major investments in environmental studies, geological and others. Indeed, studies conducted in Las Cristinas, have determined that the gold deposits identified and located, relate to the world's largest.

Reports from Toronto, Canada, attributed to Richard Marshall, one of the executives of Crystallex, indicate that the company has not been officially notified of such recall or cancellations of documents submitted.