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Message: For complete revision of lists of miners offset by the closure, in the Caroni ba

For complete revision of lists of miners offset by the closure, in the Caroni ba

posted on Oct 31, 2008 07:11PM
This makes me think this is what they are waiting for before they issue the permit.
For complete revision of lists of miners offset by the closure, in the Caroni basin


Ciudad Guayana, 31 Oct. ABN .- The revision of the lists of small artisanal miners in the area of La Paragua, in Bolivar state, which will be offset by the national government in exchange for its withdrawal from the Caroni Basin and its conversion to other economic activities is advanced by 70%, said the Director of Mining Concessions the Ministry of People's Power for Basic Industry and Mining, Rodolfo Vilchez.

The official noted that in less than a week has been made to update this list, which is required to process payments to the miners officially registered in this area, located in the municipality Raúl Leoni, some 300 kilometers south of Ciudad Bolivar.

This census was initiated by the Mibam within the program Retraining Minera launched by the national government in 2006, when he was completely banned mining in this watershed and ordered the departure of the miners who extracted no permissions gold and diamonds in the area.

Vilchez stressed that since many miners are parents, whose only economic livelihood was mining, was ready to give them financial compensation of 10 billion bolivars strengths of each and assist in technical training to adapt to other forms productive work, such as tourism, agriculture, construction and agricultural cooperatives.

'In this way the Bolivarian government is canceling the debt that is held with social workers gold for years, and that the Commander-President, Hugo Chávez Frías, has followed with concern, because this is a sensitive issue and of great interest for him "Vilchez said.

He stressed that to fulfill the mandate of preserving the Caroni Basin and at the same time addressing the needs of the gold miners, the minister Rodolfo Sanz has provided the necessary actions so that the team responsible for these payments expedite the review of the lists and response in each case.

Once the census and verifying the data, he added, will fix the date for the payment of 10 billion bolivars strengths of each citizen, as well as a compensatory arrangement referred to in Minera Retraining Program.
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