 The terms also stated the division of profits from the project; 70% for Osisko, 30% for ESME.Provincial Governor Luis Beder Herrera was elected in March 2007 on an anti-mining platform.In 2008 however, Provincial Governor Luis Beder Herrera supported the repealing of the Provincial Laws Nº 8137 & 8138, passed in 2007, which banned open-pit mineral mining and the use of cyanide, mercury and any other contaminant in mining activities in La Rioja.