The mining authority explained that this national policy aims to generate more employment and development for this economic activity so relevant for the northern regions.
Tuesday November 27, 2018.- In the framework of the work that the Government is doing to support artisanal mining, the Minister of the Portfolio, Baldo Prokurica, will sign, at the end of this year, the first lease of transfers of belongings mining companies between large companies and small producers.
The authority stressed that "as we announced a few weeks ago, in December of this year we are going to sign the first lease, which makes us very happy, since we are complying with the public policy of encouraging large mining companies to transfer in loan of their disused land to small miners, in order to generate more jobs and more development ".
In this regard, the Secretary of State emphasized that the seremis of Antofagasta, Atacama, Coquimbo and Valparaíso were instructed to carry out a cadastre of the mining properties that are not being used, in addition to the companies that would be willing to participate in this policy. transfer.
Prokurica pointed out that work has been done with the National Geology and Mining Service (Sernageomin) to draft a lease-type contract.
"This measure aims to continue promoting the activity of small-scale miners, adding to the Government's decision to suspend, for three months, the payment of the support price credit; the reduction in the price of acid by US $ 20 per ton, with a refund in the 2019 tariff; and the suspension of mine auctions due to non-payment of mining patents in the Atacama and Coquimbo Region, among others, "he added.
The authority stressed that "as we announced a few weeks ago, in December of this year we are going to sign the first lease, which makes us very happy, since we are complying with the public policy of encouraging large mining companies to transfer in loan of their disused land to small miners, in order to generate more jobs and more development ".
In this regard, the Secretary of State emphasized that the seremis of Antofagasta, Atacama, Coquimbo and Valparaíso were instructed to carry out a cadastre of the mining properties that are not being used, in addition to the companies that would be willing to participate in this policy. transfer.
Prokurica pointed out that work has been done with the National Geology and Mining Service (Sernageomin) to draft a lease-type contract.
"This measure aims to continue promoting the activity of small-scale miners, adding to the Government's decision to suspend, for three months, the payment of the support price credit; the reduction in the price of acid by US $ 20 per ton, with a refund in the 2019 tariff; and the suspension of mine auctions due to non-payment of mining patents in the Atacama and Coquimbo Region, among others, "he added.
