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Article: COSTA RICA AND NICARAGUA DISPUTE OPEN PIT GOLD MINING.
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- NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
- Article date:
- September 9, 2004
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[The following article by Fabiola Pomareda is reprinted with the permission of Noticias Aliadas in Lima, Peru. It appeared in the Sept. 8, 2004, edition of Latinamerica Press.]
The development of gold veins in Costa Rica only 4 km from the banks of the Rio San Juan--on the border with Nicaragua--has sparked a dispute between the two countries because of the threat the project could pose for natural resources in the zone.
The Crucitas gold project is being developed a short distance from a small community called Coopevega in the northern province of Alajuela. There, Industrias Infinito SA--subsidiary of the Canadian firm Vanessa Ventures Ltd.--has 10 ...