Leonardo Rodriguez, 2008 LLM Grad, Co-Authors Paper About Argentinean Mining in Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundantion Journal

Leonardo G. Rodriguez (LLM graduate 2008) has co-authored along with Francisco A. Macias an article entitled, "To Cyanide or Not to Cyanide? Some Argentinean Provinces Banned Use of Cyanide in Mining Activities: Is This Prohibition Legal," in the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Journal (Vol. 46, No. 2, 2009, pages 237-250). Mr. Rodriguez, an associate, and Mr. Macias, a partner, both work for the Buenos Aires-based firm of Marval O'Ferrell & Mairal.

After going through a careful process of analysis, the authors conclude that, "[T]he prohibition of the use of cyanide in mining processes is not reasonable. If suitable precatuionary measures are observed, the use of cyanide in those processes does not involve big risks."

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