I don't know why they wouldn't mention it but its part of the MOC and we better be doing it. It does however say that there is an area for small mining on the site so its not supposed to be going on just anywhere.
SEVENTH CLAUSE
SPECIAL ADVANTAGES
CRYSTALLEX agrees to fulfill the following Employment Plan and Program for the Social Development of the Region:
FOR THE YEAR 2002:
- Contracting of 50 employees and assumption of the costs of maintenance of the installations and the 24 persons currently working there.
- Continuance of the technical assistance to the five (5) Small Miners Associations organized and installed in the area for Small Mining of the Project.
- Assumption of the maintenance, supply and other expenses for the functioning of the Center of Medical Assistance of Las Claritas, which will serve both the personnel of the Project as well as the community, transforming it from Ambulatory Rural Type II to Ambulatory Urban Type I.
FOR THE YEAR 2003:
- Contracting of 50 additional employees throughout the twelve (12) months of the year.
- Construction of at least 30 homes in the local community of Santo Domingo.
- Training of personnel at the community in the handling of machinery and equipment necessary for mining operations.
- Development of Social programs for the benefit of the community:
1. Installation and integration of drinking water treatment plants:
2. Construction of sewage systems:
3. Improvement and pavement of the roads existent between Km 85 to las Cristinas.
FOR THE YEARS SUBSEQUENT DURING THE FORCE OF THE PRESENT CONTRACT, CRYSTALLEX shall continue with: technical assistance of the small miners installed in the area for small mining of the project; cover the costs of maintenance , supply and other expenses for the functioning of the Medical Center of Las Claritas; maintenance of scholarship and internships of students, as well as training of personnel; execution of activities of maintenance of the road referred to in the above paragraph year 2003.
