Endorsements will be delivered when the companies complete the submission of parameters "environmental" and "dissemination in the areas of influence of each of the projects," said Deputy Luis Bustamante, said in an official gazette.
Quito, Ecuador AFP
give the green light in the "coming weeks" for 12 miners resume their activities in the country, despite the fierce Indian rejection, announced on Wednesday the Ministry of Non-Renewable Natural Resources.
The guarantees will be delivered when the companies complete the submission of parameters "environmental" and " diffusion zones of influence of each of the projects, "said Deputy Luis Bustamante, said in an official gazette.
Bustamante said the company source, who said the ministry and the requests for resumption of work.
"Once you have all this, the Ministry allowed to resume work on the stage who are suspended," said the official.
These companies will join the Canadian Ecuacorrientes ECSA, Aurelian and Kinross Gold Condor, "which so far have received authorization to restart the advanced exploration" the report said.
"The ministry is open to make possible the resumption of mining activities at the national level," assured the deputy minister.
In April 2008, the State reversed 97% of the licenses had been granted to private companies to organize the sector through a law passed in January 2009.
Ecuador, a country dependent on oil, millions would have reserves of gold, silver and copper, mainly, according to authorities.
However, Ecuadorian Indians and environmentalists reject the large-scale mining and the impact it would have on water supplies.
The country's main aboriginal organization, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities, called on 26 February to an uprising in opposition to a bill the government for water management, the open pit mining and oil in their communities.http://www.elcomercio.com/
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