Month: July 2007

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Anti Corrupion Takes a close look at Ascendant’s Lands in Intag

Nation’s Anti-Corruption Commission Calls for Ascendant’s Properties to Revert Back to the State New Incursion at Villflora ( 26 July 2007) Nuevo intento de incursión por la empresa Amnesty International Support for Intag anti-mining activists Apoyo de Amnistía Internacional para activistas anti-minería Comisión Anti-Corrupción vincula a Ascendant en tráfico de tierras en Intag, y pide […]

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Amnesty International Takes Action

Amnesty International has launched campaign to save the lives of two anti-mining activists protesting a mining project in Intag. Please read the Action Alert and distribute widely. (PDF)

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YET ANOTHER BLOW FOR ASCENDANT

Commission Calls for Ascendant’s Properties to Revert Back to the State Yesterday (July 23), Ecuador’s Civic Anti Corruption Commission announced in a news release (PDF), that it had found evidence of illegalities concerning the transfer of ownership in 18 of Ascendant’s land titles in the Intag mining area (JUNIN mining project). The Commission is soliciting […]

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Ascendant Told To Stop

(espaniol tan pronto alguien me de una mano) High officials with the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (formerly Energy and Mines) of Ecuador – including the Minister himself – sent two very crucial official documents to Ascendant Copper Corporation on the 12th and 15th of July of 2007, pointing out grave issues related to the […]

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Some Very Bad News For Ascendant

Ascendant told to Stop by Ministry officialsAntofagasta pulls out of joint mining project Ascendant Told To Stop(español tan pronto alguien me de una mano!!) High officials with the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (formerly Energy and Mines) of Ecuador – including the Minister himself– sent two very crucial official documents to Ascendant Copper Corporation on […]

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Community Leader Implicates Ascendant in Death Threats/ Ascendant’s Troubles in Ecuador

COMMUNITY LEADER IMPLICATES ASCENDANT COPPER IN DEATH THREATS Polibio Perez, president of the Community Development Council, asked the District Attorney of Imbabura Province that Ascendant Copper Corporations employees be investigated in conjunction to the death threats he has received during the past few months. Mr. Perez suspects that the death threats emanate from Jorge Mantilla, […]

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