Guayana city. - In east press conference Saturday in Guayana City union leaders of different gold companies the south of the state Bolivar announced the next measures that took as soon as answer to the change of resolution 300409 did not occur him emitted by the Central bank of Venezuela.
This resolution disables that the transnational mining companies can have financial gains of their activity, dice to that the production cost surpasses what cancels the BCV by purchase of the mineral appraised one, since is called on to leave a high percentage to them of its production to the state.
The central point of the emanated regulation of the BCV, says that the companies transnational based in the southern populations of the State Bolivar have the obligation to sell 60% of the auriferea production of the companies to the Central bank to the prices dictated by the international market and to the official value of the dollar of saying Bs.f 2.15.
Union representatives of companies PMG, MS, Mining Lamin, Workings, 80000 Corporation and General Mining de Guayana along with spokesman of the communal advice of the auriferous population Callao met.
Douglas Oak, union leader of PMG, expressed that the measurement disables that international the mining companies can have financial gains maintained, given to that the production cost surpasses what cancels the BCV by purchase of the mineral appraised one.
It is to emphasize that these measures not only affect to the companies but to the workers of the same and the inhabitants of the populations of the South, because the resources that prepare these companies as it contributes social would be decreasing, in refusal the attainment of communal projects that at the moment are being developed. “They are not destroying to the Russian companies but the town of the South, that are asphyxiated by this resolution that was not consulted with the citizens”.
Also, David Is, union leader of the companies affected asked for the authorities of the Central bank of Venezuela, especially “Chinese” Jose Khan to that it reflects on the measurement and it listens the outcry of the inhabitants of the South. “We want to maintain our stability labor and social of the towns, I believe that this moment to do the necessary modifications to him to the resolution that has made appear again the misery for the municipalities of the South”.
They are commented that the request realised by the union leadership and the communal advice of the southern regions is based on giving the same advantages him of state commercialization that has the company like CVG Minerven that constitutes the sale of the mineral to the prices stipulated by the national market, that always more is elevated than the international.
What wishes all the community worker of these companies is that which occurs them to an answer to the possible brevity, since they have more than 6 months hoping a solution, is simple and beneficial for the towns of the south.
They are also related that to elevate this petition, social groups and labor of the southern municipalities they are being organized to attend soothes main of the Central bank of Venezuela located in the capital of the country, as much so it could surpass the last meeting between BCV and the miners, where there were more than 150 people.
On the mentioned meeting, the union representative expressed that they were taken care of by members of the institution, but not by “Chinese” the Khan, that is the person who must review the resolution and execute the changes in favor of the Towns of the South. “we thank for the person to him who took care of to us, but know that the real advance is to arrive at the instances superiors, to which we requested political will to him for our request”.
On the other hand, Oaks maintain that the conditional sale of the production of gold to the BCV, generate losses to the corporations, that are the great investments in the region for the operation and production of the mineral on a large scale. “The gold that was level with earth Already finished, the gold is 100 meters under earth and are the corporations remove that them to follow with the economy in this region”.
Most serious of the subject he is that in addition the companies harmed is on the brink of a technical closing, which would generate losses of jobs and economic fiasco of the region,” Here, all we left harmed, are not the companies but all the towns, since the economy moves to function of Gold. we were ourselves forced to give collective vacations and we do not know if all the workers will be able to return in these conditions”.
Also it expressed that the unique way that the companies or corporations can have gains is with the sale of gold to the free price, that is to say the value of the national market, as they are realised the company with Venezuelan share capital. “we only requested equality, we have same the beneficial one work who them in companies of the State, for that reason he is due to break with the sale to international prices”. (It presses PMG)