Alberto Otárola contradicts the head of Energy and Mines: “Tía María is not on the Government’s agenda”

The owner of the Presidency of the Council of Minister (PCM), Alberto Otárolamaintained that Tía María is not on the Government’s agenda and, thus, brought down the statements made a day earlier by the head of Energy and Mines, Óscar Vera Gargurevich, who highlighted the importance of the copper project in the region. Arequipa.

Otárola was consulted about the mining project, which has been waiting to be completed for more than a decade, after participating in the official greeting of Perumin 36 – Mining Convention this Tuesday, September 26, and he was blunt in his response. “As for Tía María, it is not on the Government’s agenda at this time. It has to be resolved by consensus due to the problems that this investment has had”he asserted.

The questions to Alberto Otarola They came after on Monday, during the inauguration of Perumin 36, Minister Vera Gargurevich highlighted the importance of Tía María, which Southern has in its portfolio, claiming that this project represents an investment of 1.4 billion dollarsin addition hundreds of jobs generated.

“Tía María is an important project for the country, We hope that there is an agreement with the communities so that this goes forward, we hope that the investment occurs because Peru needs work and development,” the Minister of Energy and Mines said at the time.

In this context, Otárola, despite his blunt statement, was more cautious about this project.

At another time, the owner of the PCM indicated that for the Government there is a portfolio of priority mining projects to be re-promoted, but “In the case of Tía María we can say that, as long as the problems that have existed are not solved and the just demands of the population are not resolved, it will not be possible for us to announce progress. We are constantly paying attention to this issue” , he stressed.