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Article: Patagonians say no to an invasive gold mine. (Environmental Intelligence).
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- World Watch
- Article date:
- July 1, 2003
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Residents of the town of Esquel, Argentina voted last March not to approve the digging of a proposed open-pit gold mine near their town. The vote was a major setback to the Canadian mining firm that has been planning to work there. Seventy-five percent of the town's 28,000 eligible residents came to the polls to vote, and over 80 percent voted against the mine.
The $100 million Esquel Gold Project would be constructed in the upper reaches of the Andes in the southern section of Argentina, eight kilometers from Esquel. Both the mine and the town are located in the scenic Chubut province, known popularly as Patagonia. The Los Alerces National Park, 32 kilometers ...