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Difference being, mining activity stops in the meantime?

Didn't need another reason to hate maoists haha. Hopefully any issues can be sorted with some local job postings and the mine permit gets extended, concerning how long this has been going on. No wonder their keen to expand portfolio outside of peru

The average income in the area is i think under 5k usd, I just seems really hard to believe any environmental impact is significant enough warrent closing the mine.

I'm a novice on the subject, am i right in thinking the issue isnt use of fresh water but more any run off reaching nearby (small) rivers.

Also Sotolo do you believe the opposition to the mine is coming from Lima or from the locals? Thanks

Forgive my ignorance, but what are the environmental issues exactly. at a quick glance the mine seems to be in a desert like environment which is barely populated (looking at the wiki page the population of the region is 24k from 6000km^2 or 70X as scarcely populated than the UK). I'm guessing the main issue is pollutants running off into the river systems. Could someone clarify?

Just struggling to understand how environmental concerns could be holding up a pretty significant economic operation, in a relatively poor economic region (70% poverty rate according to wiki)