Chamdo Tibet’s Sacred Mountain is Safe for Now!

Seems that these issue should have already been learned from past experience in other country’s.  The poison left behind don’t affect those companies or the people the mining material goes to, it’s always left for the original inhabitants to suffer the consequence, and we know this from past experience.  A country that likes to point out other people mishaps, should also learn from those mishaps, even when it happened hundreds of years ago or more.

So glad this ordeal is over with, and these Tibetan people can go about their daily business.

Mine Dispute Largely Settled

Talks have resolved a standoff over a planned gold mine in Tibet, but questions remain regarding the disposal of poisonous waste at the site, according to sources in the region.

The dispute over operations at the mine, built by a Chinese firm at a site considered sacred by Tibetans, had continued for weeks, with hundreds of Tibetans protesting the mine’s planned expansion and blocking access to the area.

Both sides agreed June 8 that the mine—which had operated in Markham [in Chinese, Mangkang] county, in the Tibet Autonomous Region’s (TAR) Chamdo prefecture—would cease operations, sources said.

“It was agreed in writing that there will be no mining in the area,” said a local Tibetan man, speaking on condition of anonymity.

“All the Chinese security forces deployed in the area will be withdrawn. The Tibetans who are blocking the road will also return to their respective areas.”

“Chinese authorities will build concrete barriers to block the poisonous residue of earlier mining in the area so that this will not filter down into the drinking water,” he added. [read more on Chamdo Tibet's Sacred Mountain]