Anti-Mining Factions to Join Forces Against Ascendant
It was only a matter of time, but it’s now official: CODEGAM has joined with the rest of Intag’s forces to oppose Ascendant’s Junin mining project. The proposal to work together against Ascendant came yesterday after a meeting of the main anti-mining forces in Intag: including CODEGAM, DECOIN and the Community Development Council. OFFICIAL BREAK […]
Read More13 March: Stunning New Setback for Ascendant Copper Corporation
Zona de Intag 12 March 2006 This time it was a meeting Ascendant had called in the village they considered “theirs” – Chalguayacu Alto, where Ascendant and Daimi Services thought it was safe to hold a meeting to socialize the Environmental Impact Study. It seems the natives were not as friendly as they imagined. Anti-mining […]
Read MoreMarch 7th UPDATE, mod 10 March
UPDATE 7 MARCH 2006 New Setbacks for AscendantLegal Processes LawsuitsThe Frankenstein FactorChalguayacu AltoThe 24 Hour Arrest Warrants New Setbacks.On Thursday, March 2nd, community members detained 3 employees of Daimi Services in Chalguayacu Bajo and were taken to Junin. Daimi is the public relations company hired by Ascendant to, supposedly, socialize their Environmental Impact Statement and […]
Read MoreDAIMI Services in TROUBLE, Ascendant loses more support 2 March 2006
Reports from Junin today tell of three Daimi Services employees taken to Junin by dozens of anti-mining protesters from several communities to protest the presence of Daimi Services and Ascendant Copper Corporation in Intag. On previous occasions, the mining company was clearly warned by communities that neither they nor their representatives were wanted in the […]
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