A group of workers from Extraction of newtssubsidiary of american bread, occupied the offices of the company demanding the cessation of its operations in the province of Santa Cruz.
The union estimates him around 200 workers who inhabit Governor Gregori they will be unemployed. The locality of Santa Cruz bases its commercial and social activity on the operation of the mine, they indicate.
The company has informed the community that theThe plant and the mine head remain closed. Its activities began more than a decade ago in the depot located about 50 kilometers from Gobernador Gregores.
In 2022 managers warned that the process of exploitation and exploration in the sector was coming to an end.. Over the past year, the company has released about 60 workers as part of their voluntary retirements.
The union now denounces that the province of Santa Cruz has not adequately planned the transition to new businesses that could alleviate the massive job losses in the population.
clarion He tried to communicate with company executives but got no response.
“They ensured that the exploration was over, that’s why the closure comes and once again we find ourselves on the same path, without containment, without planning, and what is most worrying is the great improvisation with which both the company and the authorities the competent authorities are managing,” Javier Castro, general secretary of AOMA San Cruz, told local media.
“At least 200 workers will be left on the streets due to the closure of the Tritón mine, while 90% of the city’s economic engine is directly linked to the company,” he added.
“Governor Gregores is on the verge of institutional, economic and general chaos,” he warned.
“As the days go by, the situation of the miners, their families and the entire community of Gobernador Gregores, over which reigns only uncertainty, becomes more and more difficult,” the union said in its latest statement after occupying the offices.
Minera Tritón had originally planned to begin phasing out its activities in Manantial Espejo at the end of 2016. However, it decided to extend its operations and acquired the “Joaquín” and “COSE” mining projects.
“That Minera Triton is moving forward in the closure process when not even the Secretary of Mines or the provincial government has approved the closure plan is disrespectful,” said Governor Gregores Héctor Vidal. Fifteen years we opened the doors and he was given the social permit from Governor Gregore,” he added.
The Manantial Espejo open-air vault contains gold and silver.
“The start-up of the treatment plant began on September 27, 2008, and Manantial Espejo began discharging dore on December 29, 2008,” reports a company website.
The company extracts the material by leaching with cyanide. The plant has a processing capacity of 2,000 tons of raw material per day. Initially, projections indicated that 264 grams of silver could be obtained per ton and 4.5 grams of gold, according to industry intelligence.
Minera Tritón is owned by Canadian companies Pan American Silver and Silver Standard Resources, which also have deposits in Peru, Bolivia and Mexico.
Source: Clarin
