Issue of the day Thursday, 06 March 2008
CIUDAD BOLIVAR, STATE BOLIVAR, VENEZUELA
With support from PMG Rusoro
Miners develop alternate economic projects
How part of a new vision of development work, miners belonging to the Association of Mining evicted Coasia completed preparation linked to the creation of economic projects that are not connected with mining operations, where the company Promotora Minera de Guayana Rusoro Mining Group was Agapov responsible for cooperating with the said task as part of the agreements reached between the two sides.
In an event held at the headquarters of the Union of El Callao Mining Sponsors, that company handed over certificates to 65 members of the association are recognized where mining projects proposed by the same ones which have the backing necessary for the disposition of investments by established institutions.
According to Jesus Guzman, who is manager of PMG Rusoro properties, "we have satisfaction in the company because such acts are working for the conversion of Minas Gerais, where people can develop small and medium-economic projects."
He stressed the spokesman of the company said that the training plan has been developed that allows beneficiaries in the case of the Association miners evicted from Coasia develop productive thinking that enables them to become entrepreneurs of different projects that are not linked to the activity mining, taking into account that each project organized by the same count on the feasibility necessary for the various public and private institutions could provide the necessary support to develop them.
Among the projects presented highlights some focused on agricultural production, swine and transport, where each of them has been created by people organized into groups so that they do not lose their value communal and cooperative.
For its part Miguel Gil who is part of the association of miners thanked the company to coordinate directly structuring of the above projects, stressing its focus to other areas not mining, which noted that now remains to be part of the different institutions savings and loans to assist in the new labor proposals, outlining its plans to demarcation of conversion mining.