Nelly Sun Smuggling, spokeswoman of the small miners, indicated that unemployment has attacked the workers of gold.

Small artisan miners of Guayana aspire that in the next weeks the permissions of six areas for the mining operation to the south of the state renew Bolivar.

Nelly Sun Smuggling, Mining spokeswoman of the cooperative Artesanos Beteras 086, explained that commitment of the Ministry of the Popular Power for the Atmosphere exists to renew the affectation permissions.

Nevertheless, at the moment they are being adapted in agreement with environmental norms to allow the entrance of the miners homeless by the Caura Plan. “Here they are going away to concentrate 10 thousand approximately displaced miners of the Paragua, Ikabarú and the Pebble”, said.

The areas that could be operated are Supamoparapapoi, in the municipality To cheep; Leaf of Tin, New Heart of Jesus, Apanao and Bizcaitarra, in Sifontes; and the Test, in the Pebble.

The miners realise tables of work next to representatives of the Ministry of the Atmosphere in Ordaz Port. They hope that besides these six areas, the affectation of other nine zones is approved, but still they are studying.

“Those will be granted that are not in river basins and they do not affect the environment”, it added.

The spokeswoman of the miners indicated that the small mining is “in emergencia and is necessary to create a mechanism to employ all the miners because the evacuations have generated unemployment and stops criminal indices”.

It maintained that the small mining cannot be eradicated. In his opinion, it is necessary to apply a mining policy involving all the parts. “We will respect the norms because we want that dignifique to the small miner”, emphasized. (MRC)