A delegation representing 1,000 farmers in province of San Juan de la Maguana visited the Presidency to deliver a request to President Danilo Medina to not authorize gold exploitation in the province. The argument is that the exploitation would contaminate the waters that are essential for farming in the southwestern province.
The farmers are united under the organization Suroeste Unido por el Agua y la Vida and delivered the request to Deputy Minsiter of the Presidency Alejandra Liriano. They alert to the contamination dangers of the operation of the mine to the Sabaneta dam and the San Juan River.
Goldquest seeks to exploit the Romero Project that includes the Romero and Romero South deposits, located within the La Escandalosa exploration concession of Tireo Property, an area of 3,997.0 hectares. The Tireo Property (also sometimes known as the San Juan concessions) is located in the Central Cordillera of the Dominican Republic near the San Juan provincial capital of San Juan de La Maguana.
11 July 2017
