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Friday, August 22, 2008 1:11PM IDLE (GMT +12hrs)
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Friday, August 22, 2008 1:11PM IDLE (GMT +12hrs)
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Editorial - MinerAndina CVRD starts drilling in Bayovar Monday, September 12, 2005
In this way, Miski Mayo will be starting its activities to complete the
feasibility study of Bayovar, which waited long years before tender. On
March 15, and after several insolvent attempts to privatize, CVRD
adjudicated as sole bidder the grant of Bayovar by offering the construction
of a treatment plant with installed capacity of 3.3 million tones per year
and the payment of 3% royalty over the sale of the phosphoric rock –MA,
N°362, 2005.
The exploration campaign consists on the drilling of 104 holes with Long
Year 44 (LY 44) drilling machines which requires conventional platforms and
vehicle access, according to the Environmental Evaluation Study filed by the
company to the Ministry of Energy and Mines. The plain topography of Bayovar
allows access to the drilling points for the platforms; this is the reason
why the company would not need to build access roads.
Miski Mayo considers there is no risk of generating impacts on the hydric
resource due to the fact that there are neither superficial nor underground
water bodies in the project. However, the company will need 62.7 m3 of water
daily, which will be acquired from Illescas, administered by the Regional
Government. On the other hand, the air quality would be lightly affected
during the drilling campaign, due to the increase of particulate matter and
noise.
The campaign will last 90 days with 10 additional days to complete the
closure and remediation works, for which Miski Mayo will hire 40 workers in
total between August and November.
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