ASCENDANT EXPLORATION ILLEGAL MINING CONCESSIONS IN ECUADOR
THE ONGOING STRUGGLE BY JUNÍN, AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, TO ASSERT THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS At the same time Ascendant Exploration is trying (and failing) to go around Intag’s community’s selling their 16.5 million “development project”, more and more communities are waking up to the project’s false claims. The latest manifestation of the growing anti-mining stance was […]
Read MoreMINERÍA AMENAZA CORDILLERA DEL TOISAN
CORDILLERA DE TOISÁN EN PELIGRO PROYECTO MINERO DE COBRE AMENAZA DERECHOS HUMANOS, COMUNIDADES, RESERVA ECOLÓGICA, BOSQUES PRIMARIOS, RÍOS CRISTALINOS, ESPECIES EN PELIGRO DE EXTINCIÓN, Y ALTERNATIVAS DE DESARROLLO SUSTENTABLES EN EL ECUADORV JUNIO 2006 La hermosa y excepcionalmente biodiversa Cordillera de Toisán, ubicada en el Cantón Cotacachi, provincia de Imbabura, noroccidente del Ecuador, enfrenta la […]
Read MoreA Brief History of Mining in the Junin area
BRIEF HISTORY ON THE PRESENCE OF MINING COMPANIES IN JUNÍN ECUADOR From the early nineties, mining exploration has taken place in the Junín area of Intag. Bishimetals, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi, discovered large deposits of copper and other minerals in the biodiverse Toisan Range, as part of the Junin-Cuellaje project, financed by the Japanese International […]
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