Wednesday, July 05, 2006
The name Patagonia stirs up all sorts of images of a remote, wind-swept and very environmentally sensitive region. And it is, then, understandable that environmental issues come very much to the fore when mining projects are planned, reports Mineweb. But the latest move by Argentina’s provincial Chubut government to suspend all mining developments over a vast area for three years without reference to explorers and miners operating legally in the area is incomprehensible.
(See Mineweb:
Argentina rewrites the minerals rules
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