- Minera San Xavier
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Minera San Xavier Type Subsidiary of Metallica Resources Inc. Industry Mining Founded 1886 (Cerro de San Pedro, San Luis Potosí, México) Headquarters Cerro de San Pedro, San Luis Potosí, México Products Golg, Silver. Website [1] Minera San Xavier is the subsidiary of Canadian company New Gold Inc. and operates a gold and silver mine near Cerro de San Pedro, a municipality of San Luis Potosí just 12 kilometers away from the capital city of the state. The city of San Luis Potosi was founded after gold was discovered in the hills near Cerro de San Pedro in the 15th century.
The company has defied legal resolutions against its operation[1][2] by arranging economically with the Mexican ecological authority, SEMARNAT, pushing them to disregard ecological research done by some independent institutions and to instead accept most other independent as well as company-funded and government required studies. Continuous internal and external monitoring of mining activities has not produced any evidence of contamination to date.
See also
References
- ^ "Semarnat y Sedena deben explicar su participación con Minera San Xavier". La Jornada. 2005-02-27. http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2005/02/27/036n1soc.php.
- ^ "Mexico: Court Decision Stops San Luis de Potosí Gold Project". Mines & Communities Website. 2004-02-27. http://www.minesandcommunities.org/Action/press483.htm.
External links
- Halifax Initiative's Letter to Ministers Mackay and Emerson on Metallica Resources
- Court decision revokes Minera San Xavier's permits
- Official website (Spanish)
- Technical paper by prestiguious university researchers, detailing the ecological impact (Spanish)
- website for the FAO, Frente amplo opositor; Broad Opposition Front against Minera San Xavier (Spanish)
- New Gold/Minera San Xavier Fact Sheet
Categories:- Environmental disasters
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