visits are Tuesday and WednesdayHere's a bit more info. published on the Presidential web site today:
Miners of Ponce Enríquez and Zamora Chinchipe will receive information on Law on the part of the President Correa
Source: Presidency of the Republic
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 13:29
Quito (Pichincha).- The President of the Republic, Rafael Strap and the minister of Germanic, not Renewable Natural Resources I Paint, they will visit, this day and tomorrow the canton Ponce Enríquez (province of the Azuay) and Zamora Chinchipe to talk with the small miners and craft miners.
From the 16h30 of this Tuesday, the authorities will look at closely the processes of exploitation, benefit, foundry and the environmental management, that is carried out in a concession of the Mining District Ponce Enríquez. It is foreseen that to the 18:00, they gather with the small miners and craft miners, in the Theater of the school Ponce Enríquez, to respond their anxieties on the new mining politics that carries ahead the Government.
The mining district of Camilo Ponce Enríquez has a population of 10,100 inhabitants, of which, 3,500 are dedicated to the direct mining activity. It is a district of small mining industry, with 47 concessions, where they operate 50 minerals benefit plants, of different category and so great. The greater concession is the Rich Beautiful Cooperative, with 40 companies and an area of 729 hectares. The Law of mining Industry now requires the semiannual report of production: in Beautiful Rich, in the first semester of this year, a production of 81 600 tons of minerals was registered, that throw around 1 000 kilograms of gold of 18 kilates. In the international market the value of an ounce Troy, to the moment, is of $1 059. An ounce Troy equals to 31,10 grams. Wednesday the workday will continue in the parish The Encounters, of the province of Zamora Chinchipe. The agenda includes the overflight of a mining project to great scale and the encounter with the local actors, leaders of organizations and mining and social movements. Also a meeting of the mayors of the Region is anticipated 7 (The Gold, Zamora Chinchipe and Loja), with the President and the Minister, next to other delegates of the Office of the secretary of Towns and Civic Participation, of the Coordinating Department of the Politics and the Ecorae. /Department of not Renewable Natural Resources
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