It looks like he is referring to Brisas as being located in LC.

Chavez Calls to strengthen mining Guiana Socialist Plan
Saturday, January 16th, 2010

January 15, 2010, 19:56 Caracas, Jan 15 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez called Wednesday for vice presidents and cabinet ministers to strengthen the Guyana Mining Plan Socialist.

This year we have to strengthen the Guyana Socialist Chavez on Friday said the vice presidents and cabinet ministers who have worked in this program.

During exposure of the balance of his government in 2009, Chavez stressed that in that year continued the process of nationalization and recovery of the domestic steel.

Moreover, he added, began a radical restructuring in the sectors of mining and basic industries.

"Plan Socialist Guyana to raise our core businesses rather than the capitalist model but with the socialist, the only way to lift it," remarked the president.

He also said that was strengthened in the 12 months preceding the guidance of the State in control of mineral resources Venezuelans.

For example definitely reversed the grant of Cuyuní of 500 hectares, which is within the Las Cristinas mining project.

He claimed that in 2009 the government began to control the Sosa Méndez mine with an extraction capacity of 300 tonnes of gold a day.

You know, he stressed that Venezuela has a large reserve of gold and we have regained control in that sense.

He also mentioned that last year found the first traces of what could be a huge strategic mineral reserves.

He noted that coltan were taking it to Colombia.

The price of this ore in the international market is higher than that of gold and diamond and as a very preliminary assessment could not reach the 100 billion dollars, the president read the annual report.

Super conductor is a mineral used in the manufacture of electronic equipment, spacecraft and intercontinental missiles, he said.

He said the installation is progressing on a set of plants for refining kaolin, siliceous sand, which is 95 percent execution.

Were activated mining operations at Cerro Bolivar for the production of one million additional tons of iron, he said.

He also recalled that in 2009 nationalized the cement industry, "and we have begun a pilot experiences with community transport and hardware to bring the product direct to final consumption.

We must eliminate the capitalist intermediation, sentenced the Venezuelan leader.

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