The company must pledge not to dry up highland lakes and invest in schools, irrigation canals and drinking water infrastructure in Cajamarca, a farming region in the northern Andes, Humala said in a speech broadcast yesterday on national television and radio.

Peru suspended the project and commissioned a review after Andean farmers, concerned that the project would dry up water supplies, blocked roads and destroyed Newmont installations in November. The project, which has cost $800 million to date, will cost more to build because of the recommendations of the review, Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar said April 18.

“The people want to see that these projects benefit them directly,” Humala said. “We need to establish a new relationship between companies and the people to achieve understanding, mutual respect and social peace.”

The government published the 248-page report on official websites this week and began discussing its findings in public hearings yesterday, Cabinet Chief Oscar Valdes said in an e- mailed statement. Cajamarca regional government official Gregorio Santos, who led protests against the project, refused to meet with government officials and pledged further protests.

Newmont said in an e-mailed statement today that a review of a 2010 environmental impact study approved by the Peruvian government showed that it met all relevant national and international standards, yet added that “we recognize that any such study could be improved upon.”

“The company is committed to once again evaluating technical and economic options,” Newmont said.

Newmont, based in Greenwood Village, Colorado, fell for a fourth session in five yesterday, losing 1.2 percent to $47.25 at the close in New York. The stock has dropped 21 percent this year.

To contact the reporter on this story: Alexander Emery in Lima at aemery1@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Dale Crofts at dcrofts@bloomberg.net

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-21/newmont-s-peruvian-gold-project-subject-to-new-conditions.html

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