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1. Ostúa River contaminated with lead and arsenic from Cerro Blanco mine: (Cerro Blanco); ... a threat for El Salvador as several border towns may be impacted by the contamination released due to their location at just at 6 kilometers away. The Ostúa River starts in Asunción Mita, and carries ...; Created on 21 April 2020
2. Central American mayors reject mining exploitation that affects strategic river: (Cerro Blanco); ... to the statement, the Cerro Blanco mine "has caused contamination in the Ostúa-Guija-Lempa basin, putting at risk" the population of the three countries, and also in the so-called Trifinio region "it has ...; Created on 12 June 2022
3. Central American mayors reject mining exploitation that affects strategic river: (Cerro Blanco); ... to the statement, the Cerro Blanco mine "has caused contamination in the Ostúa-Guija-Lempa basin, putting at risk" the population of the three countries, and also in the so-called Trifinio region "it has ...; Created on 12 June 2022
4. Public statement of the Local Governments of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, members of the Lempa River Trinational Border Association, regarding the “Cerro Blanco” mining project, developed by the ...: (Cerro Blanco); ... has caused the contamination of the Ostúa – Guija –Lempa basin, affecting and risking lives of populations of Guatemala and El Salvador, and has also contributed to the desiccation of water sources in ...; Created on 12 June 2022
5. Study reveals the threats of the Cerro Blanco mine: (Cerro Blanco); ... entitled "Impact of the Cerro Blanco Cross-Border Mine on Water and Health for El Salvador", highlights the reduction in the flow of water from the Ostúa River and the Guija Lake due to the enormous amount ...; Created on 26 December 2019
6. Mining Grabs Up Land, Deals Blow to Agriculture in Central America: (Background and reports ); ... For example, the Cerro Blanco mine, located in the Guatemalan municipality of Asunción Mita, bordering on western El Salvador, is part of the Ostua-Guija-Lempa basin. The pollution generated by the ...; Created on 07 May 2019
7. Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala: (Cerro Blanco); ... replaced, and the new team approved the same study". Environmentalists charge that since 2013, workers of the mine have been pumping boiling sulphured, thermal waters into the Ostua river wich leads ...; Created on 03 May 2019
8. Sanches Ceren will prevent mining in the Trifinio región.: (Cerro Blanco); ... cause negative impacts on nearby bodies of water where toxic discharge will occur, contamination of the Ostúa river, could travel to the Güija lake and then to the Lempa river. It has been recognized ...; Created on 04 March 2014
9. PRESS RELEASE: (Cerro Blanco); ... United States, reported in 2010 that the Ostua river and the Guija Lake could suffer significant alterations in biodiversity. Dr. Robert Robertson, senior researcher at the University of Colorado United ...; Created on 28 February 2013
10. Background on Mining: (Background and reports ); ... drainage from the Ostúa and Angue Rivers. Electoral Struggle The ratification of a law that would ban metallic mining has been conditioned in the short term by the mayoral and legislative elections ...; Created on 08 February 2012

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