Sturec future30 Dec 2017 13:29
Merry Christmas and happy new year for all.
There are two sides fighting to get the mine rewards.
1) locals, using NGOs under the cover of protecting nature to prohibit large scale exploitation, hence pushing
ortac to loose its rights, may be after that, the locals will claim it for themselves.
2) ortac started small scale mining project to meet the requirement of local authorities, hence limit the hope, the locals may have to get sturec back for free in the near future.
Now the straggle is between those who are going to benefit from large scale exploitation; local work force and supply companies who may get contracts from the mine; these are the forces of the future, the others are local business men who may benefit from ousting ortac from this area.
this is the perspective in the short term. In the longer term forces may change hence the need for long term holder to work through these two sides or develop economic ways to mine without using arsenic.