CHILE Pascua Lama Gold Mine a Threat to Sustainability
Jun 05 2006CHILE Pascua Lama Gold Mine a Threat to Sustainability Industry The Pascua Lama gold-mining project in northern Chile threatens one of the richest farming valleys in the region of Coquimbo which is also the area in the country most heavily affected by desertification
Gustavo Gonzlez SANTIAGO Jun 5 2006 (IPS) - The Pascua Lama gold-mining project in northern Chile threatens one of the richest farming valleys in the region of Atacama which is also the area in the country most heavily affected by desertification Critics point out that the project endangers three glaciers an important source of water for the valley's farmers thus jeopardising
Nov 02 2019SANTIAGO Apr 10 2013 (IPS) - Environmental groups and indigenous Diaguita communities of the Huasco Valley in northern Chile celebrated a court decision Wednesday that will bring to a complete halt work on the Pascua Lama gold silver and copper mine belonging to Canada's Barrick gold "The mine was approved on the condition that the glaciers would not be touched
SANTIAGO Apr 10 2013 (IPS) - Environmental groups and indigenous Diaguita communities of the Huasco Valley in northern Chile celebrated a court decision Wednesday that will bring to a complete halt work on the Pascua Lama gold silver and copper mine belonging to Canada's Barrick gold "The mine was approved on the condition that the glaciers would not be touched
in this region of Chile (Escobar and Aceituno 1998) 15 Automatic weather stations (AWS) operated within the Pascua-Lama mine site show that temperature seasonality is linked to the annual cycle of solar radiation intensity (Fig 2) At La Olla station (3975ma s l ) annual mean temperature is + 1 C while
Barrick Gold's Pascua Lama Drama case is that of Barrick Gold's Pascua Lama mine in Chile The Canadian mining company's efforts to extract gold from the Huasco Valley in the Andes Mountains led to environmental damage such as glacial destruction and water
MINA PASCUA CHILE has the Gold and Silver yet far away from any Glaciers MINA PASCUA CHILE has access year round Argentina 6-9 months only MINA PASCUA CHILE has the mother load PROJECT FRONTERA + PASCUA LAMA were inventions of Barrick to pretend an Argentina side to the asset that NEVER WAS
Barrick's Pascua-Lama project is under construction in the Andes mountains in Chile and Argentina The mineral deposit spans the border between the two countries making Pascua-Lama the first bi-national mining project in the world The Veladero mine which Barrick built and has been operating successfully since 2005 can be seen in the distance
