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About This Project

Central America is self-sufficient regarding most of the minerals and it is in possession of rich reserves of many minerals which are scarce in other parts of the world. It has the largest gold deposits in the world with impressive reserves of uranium, antimony, asbestos, vermiculite, fluorospar and high-grade iron ore. Mining requires a network of shafts and tunnels which have to be designed according to geological information obtained from drilling. Shafts have to be designed to handle the required volume of air to produce an environment that is acceptable by world standards and to handle the total tonnage of mined minerals, materials and men. Rock pressure, the circulation of fresh air, the cooling down of warm working places, the draining and pumping of water and cementation are factors that have to be borne in mind in order to prevent the invasion and infiltration of water.