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This chapter provides some social and historical remarks about mining in San Sebastian and an assessment of the mine’s current legal status.
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MINEC (2015) warns that official statistics about mining are not very reliable during that period so the mine’s output should be treated with caution.
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This is officially known as the “Commerce/Sanseb Joint Venture”. In this venture CGC owns 82.5% of the authorized and issued stock of SSGM.
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That address was 6001 N 91st St Ste 2. Milwaukee, WI 53225 Parkway Hills where it rented space from General Lumber & Supply a company in which the long-time Chairman, but now deceased, Mr. Edward L. Machulak had a 55% ownership of.
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The smaller mines are called: Bañadero, Carrizal, Copetillo, Grande, La Joya, La Lola, Las Piñas, Montemayor, Oro, Santa Lucia, Tabanco and Modesto (SEC n.d.: 18 and http://www.commercegroupcorp.com/mines.html).
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Pacheco Cueva, V. (2017). Social and Historical Remarks About Mining in San Sebastian and Assessment of the Mine’s Current Legal Status. In: An Assessment of Mine Legacies and How to Prevent Them. SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53976-8_3
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