According to the newspaper, Edgewater had previously acknowledged its project would generate about 17 million tons of metal waste, whose arsenic and nickel concentration levels would be above the limits permitted by the Spanish law. The residual materials, adds the report, would likely end up in regional water streams, about 200 metres from the closest community.
None of that information could be confirmed by MINING.com nor was found on the company’s description of the project, available in its website.
The Spanish authority added that Edgewater is planning to utilize 1.49 tons of cyanide and use up to 1.1 million liters of water per day, which is equivalent to the water consumption needs of 6,500 people.
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