Inmet Mining Corporation, owner of Minera Panama, will have to meet new requirements in order to start building a copper mine in Donoso, Colon province, reported the National Environmental Authority (ANAM), as revealed by the Prensa Latina news agency.
Silvano Vergara, administrator in charge of the organization, said that after the Supreme Court issued a ruling recognizing that the district of Donoso is a protected area, the timetable of the mine would be altered.
The ANAM approved Inmet’s Environmental Impact Study (EIS) one day after the Court declared the affected area as protected, as it is part of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor. Vergara said that it is now up to Minera Panama to apply to the Directorate of Protected Areas of the institution, to see whether it gets or not approval for the project.
Source: prensa-latina.cu
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