The governor of Mendoza Alfredo Cornejo continues in the search to develop mining in its province and this time, and as established by the new Mining Procedure Codethe call began to form the Mining Councilwhich will be composed of professional and business sectors to guarantee transparency and activity control.
The Mining Directorate of the Ministry of Energy and Environment Provincial began with the process by calling various professional and business entities to integrate the Mining Council, an agency to control the decisions of the decisions of the Mining Directorand of appeals and advisory, as provided in the Mining Procedure Code approved in 2024.
The code was sanctioned by the Mendoza Legislature and covers the first, second and third category mining, even regulating the transport of minerals that travel along our routes and roads.
In its articulate it speeds up the process of permits, preventing files without resolution for years or that these delays translate into mining real estate speculations; In addition to creating this Council, which will give greater transparency to each of the actions taken from the Mining Directorate.
The call for each sector to choose its representatives in the Council will be published in the Official Gazette. “We continue working with transparency, it is published so that all mining and related chambers can present to applicants,” The Director of Mining of the Province affirmed Jerónimo Shantal.
How the Mendoza Mining Council will be integrated
According to the law, the Mining Council It must be composed of:
- 1 titular counselor and 1 substitute for lawyer;
- 1 titular counselor and 1 substitute with title of engineer in mines, geologist or engineer with proven mining experience or with a degree of grade and at least five years of experience in the area;
- 1 titular counselor and 1 substitute, representing business chambers and other entities linked to mining in the province.
Who they called to integrate the Mining Council
To form the council, the Federation of Bar Associations and Procurators of the Province to propose eight enrolled lawyers, distributed in two for each judicial constituency, in order to cover a titular position and a substitute in the Council.
It was also summoned to Professional Council of Engineers and Geologists, to the College of Surveying of Mendoza, to the Notarial College of Mendoza, to the College of Engineers of Mines, to the Profession The Founding Commission of Hygiene, Security and Environment Professionals of the province of Mendoza to present applications.
Each entity must propose two professionals with qualifying titles in areas linked to mining activity and with experience accredited in the sector.
In addition, business cameras were called with representativeness in the mining sector of Mendoza, they Asinmet, CEM, Camem, Capromim, Chamber of Commerce and related to Malargüe, Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agricultural of San Rafael, Aderpe, Camarco, Chamber of Energy, Mining and Environment, Cecim, FEM, Services Chamber of USPALLATA, Casemmza, Caem and Capmin.
These entities must inform their decision to participate in the National Team and present a payroll of two applicants, one for the holder and one for substitute, accompanying the documentation that proves its object and legal validity.
The director of Mining Jerónimo Shantai explained that “this structure has been designed to guarantee an efficient and rigorous supervision process, maintaining effective coordination between the responsible entities,”
What are the requirements to form the Council
From the Ministry they reported that the members of the Council must be Argentine citizens with a minimum residence of two years in Mendoza and must meet suitability requirements.
Those people who maintain delinquent debts, lack free disposition of goods or have judicial records or are disqualification to occupy public office, may not be part of the Council.
Source: Ambito
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