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Monday 20 June 2011 |
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Controversial
Mining
Companies
Sponsor
Canadian
Embassy
Party
July
1 is
around
the
corner
and
for
Canadians
in
Costa
Rica
and
around
the
world,
it
is
Canada
Day
and
day
to
party.
As
such
the
Canadian
embassy
in
Costa
Rica
is
holding
a
"traditional
Canadian
breakfast"
which
is
sponsorship
by
private
companies
that
includes
Infinito
Gold
and
B2Gold.
The
twomining
companies,
both
generating
controversy
in
Costa
Rica,
have
their
logos
next
to
companies
like
Scotiabank,
La
República
(a
Canadian
owned
newspaper
in
Costa
Rica)
and
Air
Canada
on
the
entry
ticket
to
the
July
1
celebrations
next
Friday
at
the
embassy,
in
Oficentro
Ejecutivo
La
Sabana,
Building
5,
in
La
Sabana.
Both
Canadian
mine
operators
are
being
questioned,
one
in
the
courts,
the
other
by
environmentalists,
for
their
actions
in
Costa
Rica.
Infinito
Gold
intends
to
operate
an
open
pit
mine
in
Crucitas
de
San
Carlos,
three
miles
from
the
border
with
Nicaragua,
while
B2Gold
wants
to
re-open
the
Bellavista
mine,
located
in
Miramar
de
Puntarenas.
In
the
case
of
Infinito,
the
Canadian
mining
company
made
an
appeal
to
the
Tribunal
Contencioso
Administrativo
(TCA),
that
annulled
a
concession
it
was
granted
and
the
decree
"Interés
Público
y
Conveniencia
Nacional"
(Public
Interest
and
National
Convenience)
signed
by
former
president,
Oscar
Arias.
As
to
B2Gold,
environmentalists
have
asked
the
Secretaría
Técnica
Nacional
(SETENA)
full
compliance
of
its
function,
recalling
that
in
October
2007,
the
Bellavista
mine
had
a
serious
collapse
of
ecological
dimensions,
which
accounted
for
and
represents
an
imminent
threat
to
public
health.
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