Residents in the town of San José de Jáchal, in the province of San Juan, are demanding reassurances amid concerns that a cyanide spill from a mining project may have contaminated the local water supply.
Last night, after reports of the spill spread through social media, residents held an assembly outside the municipality headquarters of Jáchal. There were reports of people stockpiling bottled water as fears that drinking water could be affected.
Local authorities and Barrick Gold, which operates the Veladero mine where the incident occurred, acknowledged that a spill had occurred due to a technical fault, but stated that it posed no threat to public health.
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