Deputy Fidelio Despradel again warns the Ministry of Environment against granting the environmental permission for gold mining in the Yaque del Sur farming area. He notes that mining would negatively impact water sources in San Juan de la Maguana, Elías Piña, Bahoruco and other communities.
Despradel has been opposing the operations of GoldQuest that he says wants to install operations for the Romero project three kilometers from the Sabaneta Dam. “There is a water crisis in San Juan, where this year we have only been able to have one harvest of beans because of serious irrigation problems. If the mine is installed, the producers will go bankrupt and the community will enter into crisis,” said the Alianza País deputy. Despradel says there are no guarantees that the processed wastes from the mining operation will not affect the waters in the area.
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Diario Libre
3 August 2017
