Month: October 2007

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ILLEGAL LAND TRAFFICKING CONFIRMED /PRIMARY FORESTS ADJUDICATED

Gross Irregularities found in Connection with Ascendant Copper Corporation’s Properties in Junin (ESPANOL ABAJO) On October 22, Ecuador’s Institute for Agrarian Development (INDA) made public its report of their in-situ inspection of17 of the Ascendant’s properties in the Intag area (JUNIN PROJECT) The investigation came in response to a denunciation of illegal land trafficking in […]

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Holding Steady on Misinformation: II part of Ascendant’s Claims

Holding Steady on Misinformation: II part of the Spin Sure enough, The Resource Investor’s latest news release (10/19) on Ascendant Copper’s operations in Ecuador did not disappoint. The first part of the 2-part spin left us with some truly impressive whoppers- such as saying that the latest government suspension of its activities in the Intag […]

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EXPOSING ASCENDANT’S LATEST SPIN

Exposing Ascendant Copper Corporation’s Latest Spin If there is one thing that makes most mining companies homogenous, is their need to spin, distort, and disinform the public regarding either the real value of their mining deposit, the regulatory obstacles they face, and/or, the projects’s environmental and social challenges, plus the true nature of the opposition […]

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La Hora: Ascendant Copper dejó Intag

4 de Octubre de 2007 Momentos en que Edgar Romero, funcionario de la Dirección de Minería de Pichincha pone los sellos de suspensión. García Moreno, La Hora Ayer, una delegación de la Dirección Regional de Minería de Pichincha, por intermedio de Marco Cruz, director de la regional minera, exteriorizó la providencia que el Ministerio de […]

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Official Shut Down of Ascendant / Ecuador Free of Large Scale Mining

espaniol ya mismito…… Official Shut Down of Ascendant in IntagEcuador Free of Large-Scale Metal Mining Today (Oct 3) officials from the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, accompanied by police, came to Chalguayaco Bajo and García Moreno to officially close down Ascendant’s operations in Intag. The Ministry’s employees placed official closure seals over the company’s office […]

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NO HOPE FOR LARGE-SCALE MINING NOR FOR ASCENDANT

espaniol ya mismo…. NO HOPE FOR LARGE-SCALE MINING IN ECUADOR Communities in Intag Celebrate the Results of Elections In Ecuador, the government’s candidates won a landslide victory this past Sunday to the Constitutional Assembly, which will be charged with drafting a new constitution. According to exit polls, the government candidates have won not less than […]

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