Thursday, November 15, 2007

Korean company wins mining rights in northern Cambodia

November 15, 2007
Korea.net (South Korea)

A Korean resources developer has won exclusive mining rights in northern Cambodia, an area that could contain large quantities of copper, zinc and iron ore, the government said on Thursday (Nov. 15).

The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy said the eight mining zones secured by Kenertec Co. cover 1,520 square kilometers -- twice the size of Seoul. It said preliminary surface surveys showed potentially large metallic deposits.

In 2002, China carried out a detailed survey of an area near Kenertec's new claims, and discovered about 600 million tons of iron ore underground.

The ministry said the company plans to conduct more detailed seismic studies starting next year to discern the size of the mineral deposits. Full-scale development of the region will take place after a complete survey is conducted.

"The area has been relatively unexplored in the past because it was a military-controlled zone and off-limits to civilians," said a government official. He said with the military taking steps to allow development, the region is attracting interest from Chinese and Vietnamese companies.

Seoul has been encouraging companies to secure foreign resources in the past few years to cope with skyrocketing raw material and energy prices.

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Excellent, we can never have enough explorers when we are trying to get out of poverty fast.

I will prayed that they will discovered trillions of dollars worth of valuable quickly.

Anonymous said...

We don't have to rush to digging up the earth. The demand for natural resources will always there, probably with even higher prices if we wait a little. But if we have to do it, it should only be done in way that it will not hurt our evironment, the livelihood of the people living nearby and in a sustainable way. Last but not least, we should make the best for the money with any deals. By rushing to it, we open ourselves for mistakes thus opens the government for criticism. I know Cambodia needs money to develop the country but I think we don't need all the money in short span and have nothing after that...

Anonymous said...

There go the Cambodian history and all the hidden treasures!

I pray to God that this mining operation is not an open pit because it can create a new Tonle Sap lake from this mining major operation!

To destroy Cambodia is no benefit and to keep Cambodia is no loss!

Anonymous said...

AH HUN SEN is in a rush to exploit anything that he can get his hand on! This is his exit strategy before he will face a death sentence or firing squads!

Cambodian oil!
Cambodian forest!
Cambodian land!
Cambodian copper, zinc and iron ore!
Cambodian great lake!
Cambodian tourism!
Cambodian cultural icon!
Cambodian slave labor!
Cambodian so called Vietcong economic zone!
Cambodian corruption in million of dollars from donor countries!
Cambodian...on and on...

Sometime most Cambodian people think that after AH HUN SEN has eaten enough and he will stop eating! But this Vietcong slave dictator mother fucker just keep on eating nonstop because the parasitic foreigners are feeding off him that is why!

Cambodian people can pray for deliverance from God because God has put curse on Cambodia by having AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave dictator in power! Amen!

Anonymous said...

Hey, are you blind? don't you know the faster we can get out of poverty, the faster we can end the suffering?

And by "we", I meant Khmers, not Ah Khmer-Yuons. Don't forget that, alright?

Anonymous said...

yes a Chinese company explored this place and a Vietnamese company is interested. Now a Korean company has the mining rights. Who will the money goto, instead of cheap metal for building and engineering and Cambodia, these foreigners want it for themselves. Who will reap the most benefit, money is just paper remember that.

Anonymous said...

That is okay. It is still much better than Ah Khmer-Yuons stealing the land and no one can benefited from it as usual.

Thank you Korea for all the help!

Anonymous said...

If the Vietcong have their way and they will claim everything that Cambodia has!

I mean the Vietcong don't even have the fucken money and the technology and yet they want to be the middleman for Cambodia! Ahahahhahahahha

I wouldn't be too fast to thank Korean business and I would rather way and see because the Korean can be very tricky like the Vietcong!

Anonymous said...

Of course, but that is a two-ways street. I mean if we have our way, we will claimed everything that the Vietcong has also. Therefore, you are not making any sense here, buddy (3:09).

Anonymous said...

Cambodian people are claiming base on written historical record!

What the fuck are you talking about?

Anonymous said...

Historical record, heh? Well then, where, when, and what are you claiming specifically?

Anonymous said...

To 7:01PM! Vietcong dog eater!


Oh well! Why do the Vietcong like to play dumb, stupid, and all the above? Fool! I am not going to do the fucken homework for you! Where do you think all the fucken Vietcong came from? Ahhahahhahah!

No more promoting Vietcong dog eating culture on Khmer motherland!

If fucken Vietcong kept denying the claim of the Khmer Krom people right to self-determination and the right to have an independence nation then the Vietcong will never peace and the Khmer Krom people will always be a thorn at the Vietcong's side or a dagger in the heart of the Vietcong politic!

As long as the Vietcong have no sympathy for the Khmer people and the Khmer people should never have the sympathy for the Vietcong either! Fuck all the cooperation with Vietcong in all fields! It wouldn’t hurt to have a dream of have equal footing with the Vietcong one day and Khmer people will have it one way or another!

Vietcong go home!

Anonymous said...

Sorry, dude, Ah Khmer-Yuon issues are Vietnam internal affair, just like Canadian issues are not France issues.

Yuon and Khmer are best pal. We have nothing to do with Ah Khmer Yuon. They are independent from us. They have their own law, slogan, flag, national anthem, ..., you name it. It is the same thing as Canadian and French, get it? So stop dreaming that we are the same people. We are not.

Anonymous said...

To 1:11PM Stupid Mother Fucker!

Stupid mother fucker! How could you use Canadian and French for comparison? Do you know that Canadian and French are a thousand miles away? Ahahhahahhahahha!

Oh yes! The Vietcong will always deny that Khmer Krom people will never be part of Khmer family and that is okay because it is the Vietcong way of seeing their national interest to then end that no Khmer people should be united together because the Vietcong will be in deep shit!

What is a better way to rule over Khmer people by using divide and conquer tactic! The Vietcong and AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave has been successful so far but then again any tactic has it limitation!

Fear no Vietcong!

Anonymous said...

5:00, if Vietcong wanted to divide us, then why did you preached they wanted to federalized the region?

Anonymous said...

To 7:48PM Bonehead!

I can't believe that I have to answer your stupid question! It is such a dumb question!

Listen bonehead! The fucken Vietcong don't give a fuck about the breaking up of Cambodia or Laos but as long as the Vietcong can federalize the Cambodian and Laotian under the Vietcong domination and that is okay by the Vietcong!

Do you ever see the Vietcong trying to break themselves up? Of course you don't!

So from now on and no fucken Vietcong will have their way in trying to break up Cambodian people politically!

Cambodian people must unite against the enemy the Vietcong!