Argentina’s Chubut mining law changes may be delayed-

Mineweb.com reports that changes to the law intended to ban the mining of glaciers, including for zinc, may be delayed, due to a number of factors.

The editorial is quoted as saying;

Pan American Silver CEO Geoff Burns said Tuesday the death of former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner and the countrywide debate on the new law to protect glaciers from mining may mean the Chubut Province’s ban on all open-pit mining and cyanide mining processes may not be amended until after provincial elections in late March.

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