I know that dms can speak for himself, but I suspect that he was not saying that there's no mining whatsoever in the DR, but rather that there's been lots of talk about gold mining in the DR over the years, but very little action. Same holds true for the oil. I've been hearing about those "reserves" (just off the coast of Azua, if I recall?) for over a dozen years at least, but little more than talk.
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