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geotourism Evaluation of Zaruma and Portovelo, Republic of Ecuador

Among the activities of the 1st International Workshop on Geological Heritage, Mining and Metallurgical organized by the INIGEMM in the Republic of Ecuador, included a visit to the towns of Zaruma and Portovelo in the south in order to know the state of the art concerning the protection of geological and mining heritage and proposals of this institution to sustainable development through geo-tourism in this area.

The mine was visited in Zaruma Sexmo, historical place of the colonial era, which is currently used as a mining museum with facilities receptive to groups up to 20 people for lectures and guided tours through the galleries of exploitation mining.

In a visit to the Museum Portovelo Magner Turner, owned by the same Magner, a passion for mineralogy miner has mounted its own account without institutional support (as he told us of) a museum with an impressive collection of minerals and fossils from around the world.

Zaruma - Portovelo Geopark is a potential mining, thus strengthen the declaration cultural heritage, adding values \u200b\u200bgeological and mining have been largely the cause of the existence of two mining towns.