Gap Fill - Penguins - Level 5

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Chile has rejected a billion-dollar mining because it would hurt life. The area the wanted to mine is to 80 per cent of the world's Humboldt penguin. Blue , fin whales and sea otters also live . A mining company called Andes Iron had wanted to mine of tons of iron and copper. It also wanted to build a new port. Chile's Environment Minister told reporters: "I believe in development, but it cannot be at the cost of our environmental or cause risk to health, or to ecological areas in the world."

Chile's National Mining Society said this was bad for the country. It said the project was for the economic development of the . The project would have created $2.5 billion. The government said the mining company had not shown the negative impact of the project on the environment. It questioned the project's . The government said: "There are deficiencies in information and insufficiencies in…, meaning we believe that the impacts have not been taken care of."

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