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GLACIARES CONO SUR: Greenpeace pide a justicia argentina paralizar Pascua Lama

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The environmental group claims the highest court trasandino that exploitation of Canadian miner Barrick Gold violates the protection of Andean glaciers.

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Photo: Barrick Gold Greenpeace and other environmental organizations asked

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Court Supreme to order Argentina to suspend construction of the project Pascua Lama gold mine of Barrick Gold in the province of San Juan, bordering the Atacama region , with the possible violation of a law on environmental protection. has presented today a "under

asking the Court to suspend activities Barrick Gold in San Juan to the possibility that they are committing the protected resources (fresh water reserve) for the

Act Glacier, "said Gonzalo Girolami, press officer for Greenpeace

the AFP news agency.

The Canadian company owns in San Juan (1,200 kilometers west of Buenos Aires) gold mine Veladero open and under construction, that of the Pascua Lama (gold and silver), the latter in Argentine and Chilean territories on the border of the Andes, to 4,000 meters high.

These organizations are asked to the highest court suspended a court order that a judge granted the mining of "two key articles" from

Law Glacier that allows it to continue operating. It also calls the creation of a "national inventory glaciers," said a joint statement.

The law passed after intense controversy prohibits mining

in glaciers and periglacial areas along the Andean region about 5,000 kilometers

bordering

Chile.

This area is considered a strategic reserve of freshwater. Environmental organizations also asked for an order to the Federal Government, the Province of San Juan and Barrick Gold to make "works of sanitation and reconstruction of the environment" in areas where stands Pascua Lama "by

environmental damage already caused
. "

investment is estimated that of the Pascua Lama will be about 2,400 million dollars and will have a lifespan of 23 years, with proven reserves

17 million ounces of gold
and 689 million ounces of silver.

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