Pulacayo Project Feasibility Study - Apogee Silver

Pulacayo 1 000 t/d Phase I Feasibility Study - NI 43-101 Technical Report
090644-3-0000-20-IFI-100
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20 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, PERMITTING AND SOCIAL OR COMMUNITY IMPACT
FOR PULACAYO PROJECT FEASIBILITY STUDY
20.1 General Description of the Project
The Pulacayo Mining Project area is located 18 km by road north east of the town of Uyuni, as a
territorial part of the first section Uyuni of the province Antonio Quijarro in the Department of
Potosi.
The Pulacayo mineral deposit comprises a reservoir of zinc, lead and silver concentrates.
For activities of exploitation and complex mineral concentration, the Pulacayo Mining Project
considers a process of treatment capacity of 1,000 tons per day of ore, incorporating
underground mining methods and ore treatment through flotation process.
20.2 Description of Available Information
For the Pulacayo Mining Project a wide range of environmental and socioeconomic studies has
been made (see Chart 20.1), these studies have been developed for the exploration stage as well
as for the future operation on the field. All information on environmental and socio-economic
studies, has been generated by the Consultant MEDMIN through contracts made with Apogee
Minerals Bolivia Company and ASC Bolivia LDC.
This information has been collected from works performed in the project area since year 2009.
Table 20.1: Information Summary
Title Author Year
Exploration Stage
EMAP (Exploracion Minera y Actividades Pequeñas – Mining Exploration
and Small Activities)
MINCO 2007
Updated EMAP MEDMIN 2010
Updated PMA (Plan de Manejo Ambiental – Environmental Management
Plan) – PASA (Plan de Aplicación y Seguimiento Ambiental – Execution and
Follow up Environmental Plan)
MEDMIN 2010
First Report of Environmental Monitoring (IMA I/2010) MEDMIN 2010
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