RE:The day Mexico allows open pit mining applications again From another board. It's just common sense, but still a very good reminder.
"To me this whole open pit permitting issue is simply grandstanding by certain elements of the Mexican government. We all know the government there is one small step above being a criminal cartel This Imho is about certain hands wanting to get greased by large miners. Without mining in Mexico there would be amplified wide spread poverty and economic collapse with rioting in the streets. Government isn't dumb, they are cunning and want their slice before the issue is dropped and its business as usual. These politicians would be thrown out of office so fast if they squeezed mining and caused an economic crisis."