DOES CUBAN METAL AND NON-METALLIC WEALTH CONSTITUTE SOMETHING IMPORTANT FOR PROSPEROUS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?
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Sustainability demands a balance between economic growth, population and optimal use of natural resources. But, the national metallic and non-metallic mineral wealth contains multiple opportunities not considered in the Planning. Part of the results of this study, essentially a bibliographic analysis, consists of identifying and discussing the possible causes of this underestimation. There are four: 1- Not a few consider that these mineral resources are very limited. 2- The responsibility to protect and use them rationally is in the hands of some decision makers, and not all. 3- In the Planning does not take into account the information on Mineral Potential. 4- Prospecting is not effective. Other results of the study are to give clear examples of underestimation, starting with gold. Although this metal occupies a relevant place in the prospective expenses, the essential increase of resources from new discoveries is not obtained. However, more than 11 favorable sectors are known where to serch but which are out of any prospecting program. In the non-metallic ones, there is the Macambo jadeitite (Guantánamo) and the Fiji type water from Lesca (Camagüey). The first is a globally appreciated subject and would constitute one of the few deposits in the Western Hemisphere; however, after 25 years of detected, there are no identified resources. And the second occurrence could be a national source of one of the most beneficial and valued mineral waters of the planet, but, after more than 30 years of localized, there are no identified resources. The study ends with recommendations to achieve the proper use of this heritage.
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