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The reason, apparently, is that for the National Environmental Licensing Authority, the project did not specify the environmental impact.
With this decision, Minesa must resubmit said study.
According to the statement, “the decision issued by ANLA was based on technical arguments, which were the result of the evaluation of the Environmental Impact Study and the responses issued by the company to the requirements made by the Environmental Authority.”
Given this, by means of Order No. 09674 of October 2, 2020, “it ordered the filing of the administrative process for the evaluation of the environmental license presented by the Sociedad Minera de Santander SAS for the Soto Norte Auroargentiferous Minerals Underground Exploitation Project, a decision that is in the process of notification to the company and recognized third parties and against which a motion for reconsideration proceeds ”.
They also add that during the evaluation process of the Soto Norte mining project, the Environmental Authority requested additional information from Sociedad Minera de Santander SAS, which, once presented by the company, was analyzed by ANLA’s technical team.
“The evaluation process had more than thirty professionals from different disciplines, experts in geology, hydrogeology, geotechnics, geochemistry, air quality, among others. It also had the support of five professionals from the Faculty of Mines of the National University, based in Medellín.
“As a result of the analysis carried out to the Environmental Impact Study and to the information subsequently provided by the company, the Anla technical team established that it was not possible to issue a decision on the merits of the mining project, so it had to be archived.”
Among the main technical considerations for ordering the file by the Authority, is the definition of the area of influence, technical aspects of the tailings deposit (residues of mining activity), considerations on geotechnics, hydrology and hydrogeology, the risk management plan and economic valuation.
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