Comments on: Venezuela’s Imataca Ecocide http://www.sprol.com/2006/07/venezuela-gold-ecocide/ Worst Places In The World Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:18:08 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: SwittersB http://www.sprol.com/2006/07/venezuela-gold-ecocide/comment-page-1/#comment-271074 SwittersB Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:33:46 +0000 http://www.sprol.com/?p=349#comment-271074 How does Hugo Chavez factor in as a dictator in allowing this seemingly uninterrupted exploitation of 'his' resources? How does Hugo Chavez factor in as a dictator in allowing this seemingly uninterrupted exploitation of ‘his’ resources?

]]> By: All That’s Gold Does Not Glitter » Celsias http://www.sprol.com/2006/07/venezuela-gold-ecocide/comment-page-1/#comment-263061 All That’s Gold Does Not Glitter » Celsias Sat, 20 Oct 2007 10:55:23 +0000 http://www.sprol.com/?p=349#comment-263061 [...] Venezuela’s Imataca Ecocide [...] [...] Venezuela’s Imataca Ecocide [...]

]]> By: elvita http://www.sprol.com/2006/07/venezuela-gold-ecocide/comment-page-1/#comment-28234 elvita Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:05:08 +0000 http://www.sprol.com/?p=349#comment-28234 Thought you guys might find this video series on gold mining in and around El Dorado in Venezuela interesting. http://www.vbs.tv/player.php?bctid=626874836 Thought you guys might find this video series on gold mining in and around El Dorado in Venezuela interesting.

http://www.vbs.tv/player.php?bctid=626874836

]]> By: Paul W http://www.sprol.com/2006/07/venezuela-gold-ecocide/comment-page-1/#comment-5856 Paul W Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:32:10 +0000 http://www.sprol.com/?p=349#comment-5856 Well that all sounds impressive but the fact of the matter is, Crystallex hasn't mined one oz. of gold off of the Las Cristinas property, to this date. The only activity they have undertaken on the property was to construct an airstrip to be used by Gold Reserve and Crystallex and a few drilling programs. This joint useage of the airstrip, was at the request of the Venezuelan goverment. All of the damage being done in the Las Claritas area is being done by illegal miners from other countries and of course Venezuelan illegal miners. The illegal miners are the biggest problem not the large corporations, they've got to much investment to loose, if they break the rules. The illegals probably have no formal training, or education, for that matter and really couldn't care less about the use of dangerous chemicals such as Cyanide and Mercury and the devastating effects such chemicals can have on a river, for example. Tailings ponds should be regulated by the government and if they are monitored properly, shouldn't be a problem for the enviroment. I really think that ant damage that is/has been done is the responsibility of the Venezuelan government, not companies like Crystallex. Well that all sounds impressive but the fact of the matter is, Crystallex hasn’t mined one oz. of gold off of the
Las Cristinas property, to this date. The only activity they have undertaken on the property was to construct
an airstrip to be used by Gold Reserve and Crystallex and a few drilling programs. This joint useage of the airstrip, was at the request of the Venezuelan goverment. All of the damage being done in the Las Claritas area is being done by illegal miners from other countries and of course Venezuelan illegal miners. The illegal miners are the biggest problem not the large corporations, they’ve got to much investment to loose, if they break the rules. The illegals probably have no formal training, or education, for that matter and really couldn’t care less about the use of dangerous chemicals such as Cyanide and Mercury and the devastating effects such chemicals can have on a river, for example. Tailings ponds should be regulated by the government and if they are monitored properly, shouldn’t be a problem for the enviroment.

I really think that ant damage that is/has been done is the responsibility of the Venezuelan government, not companies like Crystallex.

]]> By: Keith R http://www.sprol.com/2006/07/venezuela-gold-ecocide/comment-page-1/#comment-3909 Keith R Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:59:29 +0000 http://www.sprol.com/?p=349#comment-3909 Hi. I found your blog the other day while surfing Blogexplosion and tried to leave this comment, but got an error message, so I'm trying again and hoping this is not a duplicate (if so, please forgive and disregard). I love your blog. I am very interested in this Imataca entry and would like to do something on the case on my blog about environmental protection in Latin American & the Caribbean, temasactuales.com/temasblog I'm a bit new to the blog game, and not sure yet if best to do my own entry on it (perhaps focusing more on the law/policy angles and violations thereof?) and backtrack to your article or something else.... You seem quite interested in mining. I do another blog, a team blog, on environment issues in the Dominican Republic known as The Green Team/Euipo Verde [www.dr1.com/blogs/?u=environment ] and we've been wanting to tackle the mining issues there. Do have suggestions, can point us to good sources, or maybe you'd consider doing a guest blog on a mining case in the DR? Let me know! Again, compliments on your blog. I am adding it to my list of recommended blogs on both the Temas Blog and Green Team sites. Best Regards, Keith R Hi. I found your blog the other day while surfing Blogexplosion and tried to leave this comment, but got an error message, so I’m trying again and hoping this is not a duplicate (if so, please forgive and disregard).

I love your blog. I am very interested in this Imataca entry and would like to do something on the case on my blog about environmental protection in Latin American & the Caribbean, temasactuales.com/temasblog I’m a bit new to the blog game, and not sure yet if best to do my own entry on it (perhaps focusing more on the law/policy angles and violations thereof?) and backtrack to your article or something else….

You seem quite interested in mining. I do another blog, a team blog, on environment issues in the Dominican Republic known as The Green Team/Euipo Verde [www.dr1.com/blogs/?u=environment ] and we’ve been wanting to tackle the mining issues there. Do have suggestions, can point us to good sources, or maybe you’d consider doing a guest blog on a mining case in the DR? Let me know!

Again, compliments on your blog. I am adding it to my list of recommended blogs on both the Temas Blog and Green Team sites.

Best Regards,
Keith R

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