Speaking during an interview at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), Minister of the Environment Bautista Rojas Gomez said that as far as he and the Ministry are concerned the case of Loma Miranda is definitively closed.
He refused, however, to comment on the decision of the Upper Administrative Court (TSA) that declared Loma Miranda a protected area, having granted an appeal to stop mining exploitation in the area.
Rojas Gomez said that since last year, 3 June 2013, the Ministry of the Environment had denied Xstrata Falcondo the requested permits to mine in Loma Miranda and that decision has not changed. He went on to say that the study to assess the environmental impact of mining operations showed that the exploitation of the area would not be feasible and hence, for the Ministry, the case was closed.
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