Carabaya's mayor denouncing Macusanu YellowcakeCorani (in Carabaya province) mayor Edmundo Caceres seems to have proofs about Macusani Yellowcake doing clandestine explorations in Huarituna (Quelcaya) and Chacaconiza, that is, according to Caceres the company wouldn't have had the required permits to explore in these areas.
We know that these exploration activities are crucial to PLU's future, but I wonder if there wasn't a way of carrying them out
within the law. Who was responsible for the processing of the permits required for the explorations? Once again, our local manager, Ulises Solis. I hope everything is within the plans and these issues are just of a bureocratic nature, but seeing what has happened in Las Bambas and other projects, we know how dangerous can these "holes" be.
https://diariocorreo.pe/edicion/puno/denuncian-exploracion-informal-del-litio-en-comunidades-de-corani-890298/ Reported informal lithium exploration in Corani communities The explorations to find lithium resources in the province of Carabaya could trigger social conflicts, since the mayor of the district of Corani himself, Edmundo Caceres, warned of alleged irregularities.
The authority was emphatic in pointing out that the exploration would be taking place in the midst of informalities on the part of the company Macusani Yellowcake, which has concessions in the area.
In communication with Correo, Caceres said that this company plans to start a new exploratory project in the community of Quelcaya, which corresponds to the district of Corani in the province of Carabaya.
The mayor's suspicion is because the company would have summoned the residents and interested parties to a workshop with the supposed support of the Regional Directorate of Energy and Mines (DREM).
"The DREM has no competences because this is not small-scale or artisanal mining", Caceres said concerned.
Informal company. The mayor suspects that Macusani Yellowcake acts without knowledge and authorization from the Ministry of Energy and Mines.
"This company has not had social authorization to do explorations, we suspect they are doing clandestine explorations."
He also warned that the same company would have carried out exploration tasks in a concession that does not correspond to it, but rather to Bear Creeck Mining.
At the close of this edition, the authority declared for several radios about this case.
He said that they have been summoned for Sunday June 2th, the date on which the company would pretend to hold a workshop on the Environmental Impact Study (EIA), but with doubts and without clear answers.
Meanwhile the company did not give an official version on these complaints.
https://www.losandes.com.pe/2019/06/01/mineral-puneno-en-serio-riesgo/ Puno mineral in serious risk The mayor of the District of Corani, province of Carabaya, Edmundo Caceres Guerra, said that the mining company Macusani Yellowcake, is carrying out lithium exploration work in its jurisdiction; this operation does not have authorization from the governing body, the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem), he said.
He explained that on January 8 of this year, writing letter Nro. 003-2019, he requested the Minem a report on this mining project, which didn't have any response on the subject, at the beginning of February a new document was sent again; so, on March 13, the ministry sends the Official Letter 0443-2019, in which it is said that Macusani Yellowcake made perforations without any authorization in the communities of its areas of influence (Quelcaya and Chacaconiza).
Also, he said that there are other reports from the General Directorate of Environmental Affairs and other dependencies, in which they conclude that the prospective works were clandestine.
"We are very impressed by the attitude of this company, which apparently is working outside of legality", said the authority. He stressed that these irregularities would also involve the current management of the regional government of Puno through the direction of mines. .
This hypothesis is strengthened by the fact that the regional director of Energy and Mines of Puno, Rolando Luque Cutipa, on May 17th, sent them the multiple writing No. 003-2019, in which he invites them to the Participatory Workshop for the Presentation of the Environmental Impact Statement of the Huarituna mining project of the company Macusani Yellowcake. "We asked for an explanation to the DREM, about his intervention in this matter that is out of its competence", he noted.
He indicated that the mining company requested that this workshop, which was suspended before the claims, materialize on June 2, for it would have all the support of the owner of the DREM Puno.
Caceres Guerra, added that it is surprising that the regional government is encouraging this initiative, without even coordinating with local authorities and has not made a prior consultation.