Jose Manuel Rodriguez, general manager of the group Rusoro Mining, announces its optimism by the possibility of a change in the Regime of Commercialization of Gold.

Natalie Garci'a
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The gold has become the financial refuge before the economic crisis

Jose Manuel Rodriguez, general manager of the transnational Russian, emphasizes that the fight by the change of the resolution of the BCV, that establishes the sale of the 60 percent of the production of gold to this financial organization and the 10 percent to the national market to the type of effective official exchange rate, managed to unite to the municipalities Roscio, Callao and Sifontes without falling in discussions or political differences.

Such fact showed the auriferous companies the possibility of implanting a new development, that already from the installation of these companies has been fulfilling the special advantages of the operation contract as well as with other contributions to the communities, over which the Ministry of Basic Industries and Mining (Mibam) demands.

Rodriguez comments that “we have obtained the progress of the south. Venrus - the first auriferous company of private capital and public has a mining potential that demonstrates that it is possible to work under this scheme that we think that the future of Venezuela he can become this way”.

Rusoro Mining administers to the plant Promotora Minera Guayana (PMG) in the Pebble; joint operation with National Miner in the Isidora deposits and the Camorra that conform to Venrus C.A; the mine Simon Bolivar next to be inaugurated and a concession in the Incredible ones, Roscio municipality, that not yet is in operation.

Progressive rise
Between the projects it is the extension - in one first stage of the capacity of processing PMG of 8 thousand tons daily to 22 thousands and later secondly to 40 thousand tons daily.

The general manager adds who this growth “would mean that we do not have anything to envy to the project the Cristinas to him (considered one of richest of Latin America), we would be in the same capacity with the difference that we already began to produce”.

At present Rusoro Mining is the third open-cast mine, first it is Coals of the Guasare, and it follows Ferrominera to him Orinoco. “to become the increase of the processing in next the 18 months we would happen over Coals of the Guasare and would be the majors in earthwork, and would be better than the Cristinas at its better moment and seemed that nobody realizes that”.

Positive explosion
At present 15 thousand people depend directly and indirectly on the private Rusoro Mining.

“We are not speaking of an uncertain future, we spoke of a finite future, creation of uses, know that we are going to have to bring imported manpower, if all the projects occur that we have”.

To the mining operation the possibility of the construction of a hospital of the South is added to him, that attends all the settlers as it must be, also is the project of an ecological city model, that would be a species of clean and viable thematic park with inhabitants who previously are enabled in the area of the environmental management.

On the other hand Rusoro is after the solution of the problem of the water provision, and including according to it points Jose Manuel Rodriguez, are arranged to assume the control so that the service is adjusted and east sector to the benefit of the population is technified.

“We want that this does not see as a remainder, but a business opportunity, to generate new uses and not only with this we solved the problem but we give for example the country”.

“To seed gold”
The manager stands out that the idea of the company is “to seed gold, since we could not seed petroleum we are going to seed gold, viable development. That is in us attachment by gold then we go to cause that it is tuna, that is the development of industry local jeweler and to try to change the mentality of the mining towards something more industrialized, where the small miners participate, is a dream of country”.

In case outside little Rusoro is about to realise an agreement of exclusive feature with the Chambers of Commerce of the south for the local purchases, that are about 15 million bolivars to the month. Rodriguez explains who this will imply that whoever to make businesses with the transnational one it must abrir a branch in the municipalities of the south, which will bring more development.

Next inauguration

The underground mine Simon Bolivar, located in San Rafael of the Camorra in the Sifontes municipality, could be inaugurated the next weeks, according to informed the general manager into Rusoro Mining, Jose Manuel Rodriguez.

“We are inviting to minister of Basic Industries and Minería Jose Khan for the inauguration of the mine, that would come to motorize to the Sifontes municipality that is suspended. We are ready to inaugurate and in pre-operational phase. We think that we will be in the heat of capacity in about six months generating about 400 new uses”.