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Message: Small miners will be relocated
Small miners will be relocated
Friday, 16 of 2010 July

50 million dollars will be invested in programs of authorization and operation within the framework of execution of the Caura Plan. Thus it indicated the national commissioner of the Mibam, Laura Walls.

Carolina Maffia
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The national commissioner of Mines explained the ready policies and plans to transfer them
A total of 50 million dollars pre-will be invested in programs of authorization area and operation for the small mining, by means of Mibam-Bandes agreement, informed yesterday the national commissioner into mines of Mining the Basic Ministry of Industry and (Mibam), Laura Walls, that emphasized all the availability of the national Government in within the framework reorganizing the mining activity of the execution of the Caura Plan exists.

The civil servant maintained to an east encounter Thursday with miners and ex- miners in the region, where she explained the policies and plans ready by the Mibam to rearrange and to relocate them in areas of operation allowed in the state the Bolivars, who do not affect the affluents of rivers.

“We are well-educated to give answers to the small miners”, she said, and she remembered that a heavy number of miners homeless within the Caura Plan exists. It explained that the intention is to organize cooperative and to grant 10 hectares for its operation by means of financing. The offices receiving of projects will be located in Callao and Sifontes, until now indicated to the national commissioner of Mines, emphasizing the permisadas areas authorized and: Bitaitarra, Apanao, Heart of Jesus, Supamo Parapapoi, the Flowers, the Ball and the Lioness.

“At the moment we have left free 83 thousand hectares. But we are making studies geologic to determine new areas”, indicated Walls, that it considered that they are possible to be benefitting between 300 and 400 thousand small miners.

Alfredo Villanueva, in representation of the miners, was satisfied with this encounter, especially, by which once they take refook in the call mining counterclaim and they were not compensated. Delay by the taking of possession of the new holder of Foundation To cheep to evaluate these denunciations that include four thousand ex- miners.

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