Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. (fka PTQMF)

[badge792]

Tenders PAN cleaning tubs in Petaquilla mine
  October 25, 2015 - 00: 17h
After Petaquilla gold mining stopped for lack of financial resources, the site of where the material was mined for gold process has been filled with rainwater. After Petaquilla gold mining stopped for lack of financial resources, the site of where the material was mined for gold process has been filled with rainwater.
After Petaquilla gold mining stopped for lack of financial resources, the site of where the material was mined for gold process has been filled with rainwater. Romero Maydee Sprang
Twitter Shares
1
Facebook Shares
0
Email
0
After almost two years of being paralyzed mining activity at the site Molejón National Assistance Program (PAN) awarded the company the contract Bluefin Environmental Seroca to drain the tailings basins and supporting slopes. The mine, which has under its concession Canadian miner Petaquilla Minerals, through its subsidiary Petaquilla Gold, faces prosecution.

Awarded tailings cleaning tubs
The National Assistance Program (PAN) awarded the company the contract Bluefin Environmental Seroca to drain the tailings basins and slopes of support in the Molejón has granted under the Canadian mining Petaquilla Minerals, through its subsidiary Petaquilla Gold.

The company bid a price of $ 1.7 million, beating Levantina, Engineering and Construction and Constructora Urbana, SA, which proposed $ 1.6 million and $ 1.8 million respectively.

The evaluation committee determined that the entity Bluefin Seroca Environmental met all requirements related to qualified labor to perform the work.

This company will be emptied three meters of water in the two main Molejón tubs in addition to a similar emergency in the tub plant amount.

Calculations of the Ministry of Environment (Environment) indicate that it is necessary to extract 635 thousand cubic meters of water to maintain the security of the tubs.

To make this work a reference price was set at the bidding of $ 1.9 million, and the "urgency" Environment requested the PAN perform the act, implying that this entity organizes the whole process. The call came through his Web site without going through the sieve of public procurement law.

The award order dated October 13 and were disqualified companies had five days to file a claim. Nobody showed opposition to the act.

Now the plan is that the water extract Bluefin Environmental Seroca tubs tailings to be deposited at the site of the mine, which has a greater depth at 20 meters.

After Petaquilla gold mining stopped since December 2013, due to lack of financial resources, the site of where the material was removed for processing gold has been filled with rainwater.

Although authorities say the surface water in tubs is free of contaminants, the decision was taken to empty the reservoir at the request of the inhabitants of the area.

Jorge Obon, secretary of the board of Petaquilla Gold and spokesman for the company said that in August the authorities requested permission to empty the tubs, but says he never received a response to your request.

He says the company is giving to the mine maintenance while legal appeals that have been filed in the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ), relating to cancellation of the contract with the State are defined.

In the current cleaning process forward Environment, the second contract that had to do with cleaning oil contaminated area was declared void after that none of the three companies met the requirements of the specification.

Due to the shutdown of the mine in December 2013, and given the lack of surveillance in the area, most electrical equipment like air conditioners and transformers have been vandalized to extract copper components.

Under guarantees

Petaquilla Gold obtained a partial accept the Supreme Court (CSJ) guarantees an injunction that temporarily suspends the process of cancellation of the mining concession by the Ministry of Trade and Industry (Mici) victory.

The motion filed on June 10 and is signed by Richard Fifer, Petaquilla Gold legal representative, a subsidiary of Canadian miner Petaquilla Minerals, it goes against the resolution that launched the process to cancel the contract.

The company indicates that the Mici did not give any opportunity to defend themselves before notifying the start of the process of cancellation of the concession.

The January 20, 2015 trade officials sent a letter to the legal representative of Petaquilla Gold, which informed him that because of the irregularities that had the operation of the mine, was home to 180-day period established by contract cancel the concession.

It was four months since Petaquilla presented under guarantees for the office of magistrate Secundino Mendieta, deputy Hernán Leon, Mici notify the acceptance of legal recourse.

The notification became effective on October 15 and in the same Mici was asked to explain the reasons which had initiated the cancellation process Petaquilla received the award in 1997.

In their defense, trade officials said the December 17, 2014 had sent a letter to the company asking him to clarify some points, such as non-payment of environmental security and compliance, as well as royalties State should receive the gold mining.

Additionally, the company owes more than $ 6 million between wages to its 600 employees and the payment of dues to the Social Security Fund.

You are also requested that the suspension of gold mining, information that should be delivered over a period of 30 days, length of time that expired on January 20, 2015 to explain.

180 days of age, at which time Petaquilla had the opportunity to resolve the problem of financial liquidity, Mici became effective cancellation of the contract.

On July 22, meanwhile, it was notified of the cancellation by edict, and 30 of that month the company filed a motion for reconsideration.

- See more at: http://impresa.prensa.com/panorama/PAN-licita-limpieza-tinas-Petaquilla_0_4331566804.html#sthash.0l2uDqve.dpuf