Residents of the La Rioja city of Chilecito and the town of Famatina led a huge march that arrived Thursday at the governor’s office in La Rioja – the provincial capital, 1,145 kilometers (710 miles) from Buenos Aires – to demand a halt to the project.
The demonstrators, supported by Greenpeace and other international environmental organizations, demanded that Beder Herrera either heed their demands or resign.
Montreal-based Osisko will use 1 million liters (265,000 gallons) of water per day and tons of cyanide to extract gold, silver, copper and other minerals, drying up wells and polluting the environment in the Famatina region, the protesters say.
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