The Mining Department’s director, Octavio Lopez, says that the concessions granted by the state to mining companies are being affected by the new scope of the Sectoral Protected Areas Law (No. 02-04). He mentioned the specific cases of the Pomier concessions for Procalca and Marmotech in San Cristobal and that of Ideal Dominicana in the southwest. In his opinion, the law should be revised to take into account the concessions that had been granted prior to the inclusion of these areas.