Natalie Garci'a
Photo William Urdaneta

The march by the streets of Guasipati closed the act in search of support for the beginning of the auriferous project

To the exhibition of this project the support of the workers of the transnational one of Russian capital was added, who ask to the authorities that allow the beginning of the mining in the area, and it removes to the miners so that these are relocated in another zone.

As alternative to the small mining Blue Hill was spoken of the project, on that details are not known and would be in the hands of the minister of the Mibam, Jose Khan, for its approval like pilot project in the development of the operation on small scale but with deep “socialist” spirit.

The exhibition counted on an ample participation of the employees of the group Rusoro Mining, the communal advice and inhabitants generally who saw how it will be the development of the deposit, combined the social investment that will take to the bordering communities.

Godolfredo Arteaga, atmosphere manager of Rusoro Mining, explained that the company has fulfilled all the requirements necessary to obtain the necessary permissions for the operation, including the environmental ones, reason why they are in the hope that the misunderstanding that exists with the artisan miners, to those who is clarified was given an authorization to them in the same area of Incredible the 6 preventing therefore the beginning of works for the auriferous operation.

Fight of the south
It is possible to emphasize that Incredible the 6 are a concession located in their totality in the Roscio municipality but its access is obtained from the Pebble. Mining de Guayana (in 1991), pertaining to the Rusoro group was given to the General company, and from some months she remains occupied by small miners, who apparently are supported on the part of the municipal government of the Pebble.

The situation has been reflected in diverse mass media and now, like in the 2010, when it requested the modification of the Regime of Commercialization of Gold and its Alloys, the reclamation has motivated to the population and the workers of the transnational one to go out to pronounce itself in search of a solution that allows the extension of the operations of the Soviet.

With the operation of the open-cast gold mine of Incredible the 6 the plant of Promotora Minera Guayana (PMG) would triple its capacity of processing, that at the moment is in 7 thousand tons daily.

Better future
It emphasized Arteaga that is not against the small mining, on the contrary, the intention of the company is that “the miner becomes an industrial miner, who knows all the techniques, all the measures that guarantee their physical integrity and not that is put in a hollow where there are no guarantees for his life”.

Combined to the activity of presentation of the project in the Place Bolivar de Guasipati, the National Union of Mining Workers of Guayana (Untramigua) proposed a civic long walk by the zone, that was realised in hours of the noon. Hundreds of employees left from the place walked by main the 10, crossed some streets to finish in the place in front of the church.

The popular outcry asks the government to clarify the situation and to allow that not only Rusoro can extend its operations, but other public and deprived companies enter the mining business the state south to make operation responsible for the resources and as well generate sources of stable use in the communities.

Benign Lyons, worker area topography. “We are trying at all costs who the thing is solved of the best possible way. We have been going a commission to Caracas to tackle the problem and what we want he is that there is work as much for the miners as for the company, and that this one develops its project”.

Saturnine Suniaga, employee Alive medical services Mining MS. “in Tumeremo, but I am of San Felix. The company has made many things good and we hoped that it does many more with this new project. I do not know much than one treats but everything what is so that we grow is welcome”.

Natalia Saniba, employee of administration. “The new project means development, productive use for our towns. We have characterized ourselves for being a company of high social value with the communities and the professionals of the zone we even have that opportunity to have left here, like I who I am callaoense, I studied here and here work”.

Manuel Mendoza, secretary of organization of Untramigua. “Like son of the Pebble I am here supporting to the brothers of Guasipati for the concretion of the project Incredible the 6 that is going to generate many benefits for the south and we are contentments because we went to Caracas in these days and was seen the project like something progressive, we only hoped that being can materialize”.

They are Davis, secretary of work and Untramigua reclamation. “Again we were united for responsibly following directives for the government at the time of summoning the town, to present a project that will generate more use for the municipality, we would much more fortify the economy of the towns of the south, for that reason we requested the support of the central government they thus allow so that it and to leave the misunderstanding that there is”.

Gregorio Lozada, secretary of Untramigua finances. “All we are led that it takes the project, for benefit of the south. We have an alliance between the unions and have concluded that this project comes to satisfy the demand of uses that there are in the zone, and that nowadays the town longs for an investment that impels the economy and more now than the price of the metal he is high, having to be profiteer to bring investments”.

Jose Alexander Martinez, mayor of Roscio. “We are here for being present at the presentation of the project of Incredible the 6 and to make an announcement that will be the alternative for the small mining as it is it the project Blue Hill. Perhaps some they want to us to label as pro transnational, but that is ridiculous and if they do not go to Faja of the Orinoco and see all the countries that are there developing the companies”.

Mara Valdez, president City council the Pebble. “We have listened the town and in view of which this project could generate thousands of indirect and direct uses the Camera decided to decide a unique point in which we supported this project and all that come to benefit the development from the municipalities. For that reason we also exhorted to the cameras of Roscio and Sifontes”.

Sonia Muñoz, councilman of Roscio. “Any person who is against this project is against the development of the town, and its families, of those who want to take with dignity the bread to their house. We want to show publicly that we support unrestricted to this project of Incredible the 6 and asked that a right of word before the Camera of Roscio is asked for to generate more support and action”.

Francisco Williams, president of the City council of Roscio. “This is not a fight of now, since the first consultations for this project became we have been with those who they want the development of the town and as well as we added wills to obtain the change in the resolution of the BCV we support our here. Here there are no uses, there are mines and we required of developments”.