The New CS Board

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ABX - what were they thinking

with the press relese that the Argentinian side was up and running well, both side of Pascua Lama are joined at the hip, one half can't operate without the other

'Responding to mail inquiries, the latest on Pascua Lama is that Julio César Martínez, a member of the national congress representing the UCR "Radicales" party* for the province of Rioja is calling for construction to be halted on the Argentina side of the project as well.

"The passivity of the control organizations in San Juan province and the national government is striking, as well as that of the Argentine judiciary", he said, continuing, "this project should never have been permitted in its location because it's in the San Guillermo national nature reserve and what's more in a zone of permanent ice, permafreeze protected by the Glaciar Law."

Said Martinez, "The water used is basically from the Argentina side, the minerals are to a great extent on the Chilean side, therefore it's a bi-national project that if halted on one side has to be halted on both sides."

interesting conundrum after spending so much