The regional directorate of the National Emergency Office “declares Preventive Early Warning for the Tierra Amarilla commune due to the threat of subsidence, effective as of today and until conditions warrant it,” said the note published on its website last night. of Monday.
The decision that seeks to strengthen surveillance to act in the event of emergencies was adopted after on-site studies and review of information provided by mining regulator Sernageomin.
“Minera Ojos del Salado values this decision, since (with) the analyzes and monitoring carried out by the authority, together with those that are being developed by Minera Ojos del Salado, it will be possible to collect information and thus give more peace of mind to the neighbors. of the commune,” said a statement from the Lundin unit.
“One of the hypotheses that is being studied as the cause of the sinkhole is the unusual rains recorded in July” in the area, the note added. “Last month’s rainfall was equivalent to the total amount of rain that fell in the wettest year in the last decade.”
The Superintendence of the Environment (SMA) had already ordered “urgent and transitory” measures in the midst of the investigation of the origin of the hole. For its part, the government has said that it will seek harsh sanctions for those responsible, suggesting that mining overexploitation could be linked.
Last week new cracks were detected near the sinkhole.
Lundin owns 80% of the property, while the remaining 20% is held by Japan’s Sumitomo Metal Mining and Sumitomo Corporation.
Source: Ambito
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