DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Community and business leaders in San Juan de la Maguana province are calling on the government to ensure the environmental impact study for the proposed Romero mining project is overseen by national and international scientific and academic organizations. Their goal is to guarantee the study’s credibility and transparency, N Digital reports.

The public’s concern escalated after the Ministry of Environment recently approved the Terms of Reference (TDR) for the study, which will determine the environmental viability of the underground mine. The Romero project aims to extract a copper concentrate containing gold and silver.

Provincial representatives emphasized the critical need to include the Academy of Sciences, the Environmental Commission of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), international organizations, and the San Juan de la Maguana community...