Reason ELD's bid is too low
“Environment and Public Works Minister Mr. Giorgos Souflias yesterday
submitted to Parliament the final and revised version of the national land zoning
plan, which purportedly contains more environmentally friendly provisions. The
revised plan, enriched with the proposals of deputies from all parties, is due for
parliamentary approval in mid-June”.
The Zoning Plan was originally submitted to Parliament on April 16, 2008 and, after debate in
Parliament, was submitted for committee review. The version of the Zoning Plan submitted to
Parliament on June 12, 2008 reflects the comments from all political parties and will now be
submitted for a vote in Parliament. The majority party in Parliament, which has proposed the
Zoning Plan, has sufficient votes to assure its passage
The National Land Zoning Plan will legislate the development and exploitation of natural
resources, particularly mineral resources for the benefit of underdeveloped areas such as
Northern Greece where the Perama Hill Gold Project is located. Below is a segment taken
directly from the text of the National Land Zoning Plan:-
“The country is rich in minerals and ores. Related activities are met in almost all
of the country’s districts, as well as on the islands, where various deposits of
major productive importance are found. The territorial extent of mining and
metallurgical activity is linked to the need in recognising the parity between
mineral and natural resources as well as to ensure their exploitation will be
compatible to the protection of the environment and with other activities such as
tourism.
In the condition that all requested environmental terms and measures are
maintained, mining activity is estimated to contribute to the development of
economically disadvantaged local areas and to help keep population in the
countryside.
Following directives are given in the Industrial Zone Planning:
-maintenance of mining activities in subordinate areas of exploitation and
safeguard of further exploitation potential where new deposits are detected with
respect to environment’s protection clauses and neighbour activities’ conditions
of operation”. from latest news release https://frontierpacific.com/media/nr_1213385081.pdf