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Hello. First-of-all: I’m an American born-&-raised in the now-former Panama Canal Zone (I’m an “Air-Force brat”), and i would-like everyone in the world to-know the following:

This mine should have NEVER been-built in the FIRST place. It was done COMPLETELY “hush hush” and WITHOUT the *EXPLICIT* PRIOR PERMISSION-*AND*-CONSENT of the people that live in this country, let-alone the Panamanian citizens.

Also: the mine was built in PROTECTED LAND; it was built COMPLETELY *INSIDE* a NATIONAL PARK.

If this thing were tried (let-alone attempted. Let-alone done) in Canada, the person responsible would be run out of town, let-alone sent DIRECTLY to jail for the rest of his-or-her natural life. “Do NOT pass “Go”, do NOT collect $200. Go DIRECTLY to *JAIL*”, Monopoly—board-game style.

There CLEARLY was bribery involved, and “behind closed-doors” deals, & “under-the-table” deals. And now that the damage is done, and the damage is so obvious that even the-MASSES woke-up (and—not-solely the percentage of people that were against-this-project in the FIRST place), First-Quantum is CONSTANTLY putting-out advertisements all spewing the rhetoric that “Mining is SAFE” and “it is CLEAN” & videos “explaining” how the process works, etc etc.

Various experts from around-the-world have (not-only on the record but-also off the record) claimed that they’re-mining—in-there stuff that isn’t-even in the contract, INCLUDING *gold* and silver and other precious-metals and not-just Copper [like the-contract says to do]. (And proof is that they’re also-doing other unauthorized_and/or_illegal_and/or_”not in the contract” things like damming-up more-rivers-&-streams & diverting-Water to God-knows-where for the purpose of “Mining”, when other experts have-already come-out on the-record saying that the-way they were mining [for] the copper, you didn’t NEED water, but you DO need-it (ie. water / the water) for GOLD).

Also: this damn project of theirs has literally dried-up THREE rivers that ran—through the area, one of them that was—supposed-to-be a “backup river” in-case the Chagres-river EVER did-not—supply the-Panama-Canal with enough water for its running/operation*.

*(when i was in Elementary school, and my class took a tour of the Miraflores locks, and we asked the Locks-employee (who was giving the tour) why not use wait-water instead-of fresh water, and he said that salt-water would corrode the machinery.

It made sense.

Every single time my uncle would use his 4-wheel ATV on the-beach, he would always give every nook and cranny of it, including under it on all the machinery-&-engine-areas, a good dousing-&-hosing with fresh water, to remove any salt, dust, dirt, grime, beach-sand, etc etc, that got in-there).

This damn mine should have NEVER been-built in the FIRST-place and “First Quantum” Mineral damn well knows-it.

Also: the mine isn’t even closed. They SAY it is closed but eyewitnesses that live in the areas adjacent to where the mine is say the mine is in operation as usual, and that there’s-always trucks going in-&-out of the area to get all minerals out [and/or at-least as-much-as-they-can] before they are run-out—of-town.

This mine should have NEVER been-built in the FIRST place. It was done COMPLETELY “hush hush” and WITHOUT the *EXPLICIT* PRIOR PERMISSION-*AND*-CONSENT of the people that live in this country, let-alone the Panamanian citizens.

Also: the mine was built in PROTECTED LAND; it was built COMPLETELY *INSIDE* a NATIONAL PARK.

If this thing were tried (let-alone attempted. Let-alone done) in Canada, the person responsible would be run out of town, let-alone sent DIRECTLY to jail for the rest of his-or-her natural life. “Do NOT pass “Go”, do NOT collect $200. Go DIRECTLY to *JAIL*”, Monopoly—board-game style.

There CLEARLY was bribery involved, and “behind closed-doors” deals, & “under-the-table” deals. And now that the damage is done, and the damage is so obvious that even the-MASSES woke-up (and—not-solely the percentage of people that were against-this-project in the FIRST place), First-Quantum is CONSTANTLY putting-out advertisements all spewing the rhetoric that “Mining is SAFE” and “it is CLEAN” & videos “explaining” how the process works, etc etc.

Various experts from around-the-world have claimed that they’re-mining—in-there stuff that isn’t-even in the contract, INCLUDING *gold* and silver and other precious-metals and not-just Copper [like the-contract says to do]. (And proof is that they’re also-doing other unauthorized_and/or_illegal_and/or_”not in the contract” things like damming-up more-rivers-&-streams & diverting-Water to God-knows-where for the purpose of “Mining”, when other experts have-already come-out on the-record saying that the-way they were mining [for] the copper, you didn’t NEED water, but you DO need-it (ie. water / the water) for GOLD.

Also: this damn project of theirs has literally dried-up THREE rivers that ran—through the area, one of them that was—supposed-to-be a “backup river” in-case the Chagres-river EVER did-not—supply the-Panama-Canal with enough water for its running/operation*.

*(when i was in Elementary school, and my class took a tour of the Miraflores locks, and we asked the Locks-employee (who was giving the tour) why not use wait-water instead-of fresh water, and he said that salt-water would corrode the machinery.

It made sense.

Every single time my uncle would use his 4-wheel ATV on the-beach, he would always give every nook and cranny of it, including under it on all the machinery-&-engine-areas, a good dousing-&-hosing with fresh water, to remove any salt, dust, dirt, grime, beach-sand, etc etc, that got in-there.

This damn mine should have NEVER been-built in the FIRST-place and “First Quantum” Mineral damn well knows-it.

Also: the mine isn’t even closed. They SAY it is closed but eyewitnesses that live in the areas adjacent to where the mine is say the mine is in operation as usual, and that there’s-always trucks going in-&-out of the area to get all minerals out [and/or at-least as-much-as-they-can] before they are run-out—of-town.