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New Mine in Tres Virgines Biosphere
DECEMBER 8, 2006 - 09:30 ET
Baja Mining Corp.: Environmental Approval Received for Mine Development
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(CCNMatthews - Dec. 8, 2006) - Baja Mining Corp. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:BAJ) is pleased to advise that the Mexican
Federal Environmental Agency (Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales - "SEMARNAT") has approved the Environmental Impact Manifest
("Manifestacion de Impacto Ambiental - "MIA") for the Company's El Boleo copper-cobalt-zinc-manganese Project.
This approval allows the company to start construction and operation activities at the Boleo Project and is the key step to obtaining other required
permits.
Prior to the initiation of exploration or construction activities, all mining projects are required to apply for and obtain an environmental impact
authorization and a land use permit from the Mexican Federal environmental agency SEMARNAT. This requires the presentation of an environmental impact
manifest and a technical study which deals with the impacts, the environmental mitigation, and habitat compensation to the satisfaction of the
authorities having environmental jurisdiction. The Company's Environmental Impact Manifest ("MIA") was filed with SEMARNAT on May 8, 2006 and final
approval to the MIA was received from SEMARNAT on December 7, 2006.
Manuel Moreno, the Company's environmental liaison in Mexico City, commented that, "This is a milestone day for the Boleo Project with issuance of the
main environmental permit for the project now behind us. The approval of the MIA proves that the project is environmentally feasible and clears the
way for the approval of other related permits." We would like to thank the many people at SEMARNAT that so ably assisted in the review and provided
many valuable contributions to ensure that the project proceeds in an environmentally sound manner. We would also like to express our thanks and
appreciation to the Honorable Governor of the State of Baja California Sur, Mr. Narciso Agundez Montano; to the Municipal President of Mulege, Mr.
Pedro Osuna Lopez and to the State Secretary for Promotion and Economic Development, Mr. Jorge Alberto Vale Sanchez, as well as their staff, for the
support and guidance they have provided in obtaining such permitting.
The Boleo project is located within the buffer zone of the El Vizcaino biosphere, a Natural Protected Area, principally established to preserve the
whale nursing habitat on the west coast of the Baja Peninsula approximately 80 miles north of the project near Guerro Negro. In accordance with the
terms of approval we are required to reach an agreement within 30 days of issuance of the SEMARNAT approval, with CONANP (Comision Nacional de Areas
Naturales Proptegidas) for compensation in regard to environmental disturbance created by mining and processing activities in the biosphere. We are
pleased to advise that an agreement in principle has been reached with CONANP and we expect to be able to announce the execution of such agreement in
the immediate future.
The Boleo Project is located on the east coast of the Baja California Peninsula, some 900 kilometres south of San Diego and near the town of Santa
Rosalia Baja California Sur, Mexico. Over the last twelve years, in excess of CAD $52.0 million has been spent on exploration, pre-feasibility studies
and the current Definitive Feasibility Study ("DFS") on the Boleo Project, which is nearing completion. Annual production at El Boleo is expected to
be approximately 50,000 tonnes per year of high purity copper metal, 1850 tonnes of high purity cobalt metal, and up to 23,000 tonnes per year of zinc
sulphate monohydrate. Consideration is also being given to production of +100,000 tonnes per year of manganese carbonate.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BAJA MINING CORP.
JOHN W. GREENSLADE, PRESIDENT
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Interesting pictures of the mine and area at www.bajamining.com
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I have heard this may be an open pit operation. Any truth to that rumor? I live in Salt Lake City and we have the Kennecott Open Pit mine and
environmentally it's a real disaster. I hope El Boleo doesn't turn out anything like it. Will they build a new Smelter in SR? Again I hope not.
The air around there is clean since the old smelter closed down. Kennecott is low grade ore so there is a lot of overburden and tailings involved.
They removed a whole mountain and essentially moved it to a huge tailings pile west of Salt Lake. I doubt any smelter built in Baja will have
anywhere near the pollution controls that Kennecott has here, and even with those controls they still add a lot to our bad air.
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If you want Copper, Cobalt, Zinc and Manganese what else is one to do, but dig it from the earth?
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I have a friend with a family ranch in between San Ignacio and Santa Rosalia (in the rugged mountains). They have had problems over the last year
with these people trepassing on their property. Last month they found them digging test holes on a remote part of the ranch. I was told that the
ranchers in that area have not been consulted with and are therefore a little worried about what is going on. The rumor among them is that there is a
gold mining operation going on.
I would give them the web site but the only access they have is through the sneaker net.
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It just may be that financial freedom would be welcomed by the ranchers... like the Beverly Hillbillies, they may need to 'move away from there'!
What is the sneaker.net?
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Long time families sometimes like the freedom they currently have.
Sneaker.net - you walk for info
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sneaker.net: OH, I get it...  
Unfortunately, they may not have the freedom to not allow mining 'for the national good'... I have heard that anytime gold is discovered, the
government quickly condems the land.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
sneaker.net: OH, I get it...
I have heard that anytime gold is discovered, the government quickly condems the land. |
Condems the land? No, I think they give it to them without the condem!
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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David K
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Okay smarty pants, I left out one silent letter! CONDEMN (don't you just hate English!?)
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaWarrior
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
sneaker.net: OH, I get it...
I have heard that anytime gold is discovered, the government quickly condems the land. |
Condems the land? No, I think they give it to them without the condem!
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now that is funny.....
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they will probably give a large % of the proceeds to enhance local infrastructure and better the lives of the locals.
\"The time spent off the water, I\'m thinking of ways to get back in\"
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| Quote: | Originally posted by doradodan
they will probably give a large % of the proceeds to enhance local infrastructure and better the lives of the locals. |
Thats got to be a tongue in cheek statement. 
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Doradodan....Now that was hillarious
Don\'t get mad...
Get EVEN.
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yes, just kidding. they will probably do what Pat Butler did at el dorado ranch. my nephew works out there as a supervisor and gets paid 900 pesos a
week. hate to see how the mining company will exploit the locals
\"The time spent off the water, I\'m thinking of ways to get back in\"
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Exploit? What is the normal pay for that job in Mexico? 100 pesos a day is typical for most labor jobs in Mexico I am told... 5 days a week is 500
pesos... sounds like 900 is almost double. Is he forced to work there? San Felipe offers a lot of opportunity. I am sure if he didn't like the job or
what it paid he could motivate himself to change.
Just want it to be clear that calling something that creates job and pays workers (who have other opportunities) is not exploitation.
The free market and capitalism create jobs and opportunity.
Don't confuse this as any support for El Dorado... It is just Civics 101
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HEL-LOOO David
100 pesos per day for a laborer = apples
900 pesos per week for a supervisor = oranges
You are talking apples and oranges here.
It's just math 101.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Exploit? What is the normal pay for that job in Mexico? 100 pesos a day is typical for most labor jobs in Mexico I am told... 5 days a week is 500
pesos... sounds like 900 is almost double. Is he forced to work there? San Felipe offers a lot of opportunity. I am sure if he didn't like the job or
what it paid he could motivate himself to change.
Just want it to be clear that calling something that creates job and pays workers (who have other opportunities) is not exploitation.
The free market and capitalism create jobs and opportunity.
Don't confuse this as any support for El Dorado... It is just Civics 101 |
Given those labor rates, it sure is hard to blame an undocumented immigrant looking for work in the US, eh? Work labor in Mex for $10/day or mow
lawns in the US for $10/hr... choice seems simple.
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MtGoat------
---it may seem like a simple choice to you, but it is illegal. I certainly don't "blame" them for coming------and likewise they should not "blame" us
when we punish them for breaking our law.
Seems pretty simple to me.
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Paula... 100 pesos a day (or 500 for a 5 day week) is what I am comparing to this fellow making 900 a week (that's a lot more). What is a 'supervisor'
where he works anyway? For a 90% higher wage than a laborer, is a supervisor that much more skilled or difficult a position?
I pay my laborer more than many college grads starting pay... Apples to Oranges, yes... but we are talking exploitation defined... Who the heck is
being exploited at a 90% higher wage than hard working laborers?
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