The Secretary of Mining and Energy of Salta, Romina Sassarini, headed a meeting attended by representatives of the social area of mining companies. The objective was to unify criteria on social work with the communities of the Puna and to agree on the management plan of the Mining Social Work Roundtables that the Government of Salta is carrying out.
The official highlighted the call and the commitment of those present to carry out a mining social policy that guarantees not only the rights and well-being of the communities, but also the sustainable development of mining activity. It should be noted that the same meeting will soon be held with actors from the locality of Tolar Grande and San Antonio de los Cobres.
Public and Private Sectors unify criteria to strengthen mining social work
The attendees, for their part, celebrated the meeting and agreed on the value of the Roundtables, as public management tools that facilitate work, dialogue and good links between actors in the sector.
It was announced that the meetings will be held quarterly and that each Roundtable will have a State agent as an observer and director. This will be agreed upon with the communities to ensure continuity of the meetings.
The companies that participated were: Lítica RSA, Arena Minerals, PLASA, Pacific Rim Mining, Grupo Allkem-Borax Argentina, Salta Exploraciones, Rito Tinto- Rincón, Lithium South, Livent, Puna Mining, Barrick, Nex Lithium, Posco Argentina, Minera Santa Rita, and Lithium American Corp.
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