The agency will be capable to negotiate contracts and alliances with worldwide corporations and it’ll have a nine-member board, led by the minister of the presidency.
Emidom can also be tasked with managing the Avila mining reserve in southern Pedernales province, which borders with Haiti and was in 2018 declared an space to be explored for attainable uncommon earth tasks.
Final 12 months the US army stated a group of its engineering researchers labored with native authorities within the highlands of Pedernales to guage the world’s viability.
The Caribbean nation is house to Canadian agency Barrick Gold’s Pueblo Viejo, the biggest gold mine in Latin America and the Caribbean.
(Reporting by Sarah Morland; Modifying by Anthony Esposito and Chris Reese)