Major legal victory for endemic species in Ecuador and the Rights of Nature
The communities of Intag set a new precedent in their long struggle against mining “In a huge win for the environment, on Thursday 24 September a judge at the Cotacachi Court ruled that the Ministry of the Environment failed at its job of protecting species on the Llurimagua mining concession in northwestern Ecuador’s biodiverse cloud […]
Read MoreMINING PARADISE: THE NEW SEASON (ENAMI OFFICIALLY IN INTAG)
- Carlos Zorrilla
- July 5, 2012
Español: http://translate.google.com/?hl=en&tab=wT MINING PARADISE: THE NEW SEASON Enami tries to establish a presence in Intag and hopes to succeed where Mitsubishi and Copper Mesa failed You were with us for the first exciting season of Mining Paradise in the 1990’s, when Bishimetals, a Mitsubishi subsidiary, spent years exploring for copper in Intag’s Toisan Cordillera, thanks to […]
Read More- Carlos Zorrilla
- July 1, 2012
[singlepic id=4 w=320 h=240 float=] Para traducir al español: http://translate.google.com/?hl=en&tab=wT THE NEXT ROUND IN INTAG? ENAMI TAKES ITS FIRST STEPS State-owned mining company talks of opening an office in Intag Radio Intag, conservation, and the work ahead ENAMI stands for Empresa Nacional Minera, Ecuador’s state-owned mining company. It came into being in 2009, after the […]
Read MoreRio +20: What did you expect?
- Carlos Zorrilla
- June 23, 2012
Rio +20: What did you expect? traducción http://translate.google.com/?hl=en&tab=wT It’s over. The long-awaited Earth Summit. By most standards, the event, which brought official delegates from 188 countries- including 100 heads of state- was a monumental let-down. Greenpeace called it a “failure of epic proportions”. The normally conservative CARE, considered it a political charade. The results […]
Read MoreSTATE MINING CO. OFFICIALLY IN INTAG
- Carlos Zorrilla
- June 7, 2012
Por favor usen la siguiente herramienta para traducir: http://translate.google.com/ As most representatives of local governments, communities and organizations were taking part in a Intag-wide assembly yesterday debating, among other things, the disastrous consequences of the Lafarge limestone mine in Intag, and agreeing to take much more serious steps to force the company to turn over […]
Read MoreLatest, June 4 2012
- Carlos Zorrilla
- June 5, 2012
Favor usar esta herramienta para traducir el blog http://translate.google.com/ INTAG- LATEST GOING ONS June 4 2012 Asamblea in Vacas Galindo Tomorrow is International Environmental Day. CODELCO, JUNIN the Government, and the Paradigm Shift Disorder Attack on NGO’s and more…(coming) Asamblea in Vacas Galindo & Tomorrow is International Environmental Day. Tomorrow is not only International Environmental Day, […]
Read MoreCODELCO IS EXPLORING IN INTAG / MINING IN PARADISE
- Carlos Zorrilla
- January 13, 2012
AND NOW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CODELCO IN INTAG! (Español abajo) Well, it was just a matter of time, and clearly within the plans of the Correa government. Codelco started its illegal exploration in the vicinity of the Paraiso community, located in the Intag-Manduriacos area as of yesterday, January 12th. CODELCO is the third transnational mining […]
Read MorePINETREE and Copper Mesa Mining Corporation’s Latest Bullish Report
- Carlos Zorrilla
- October 6, 2009
- Copper Mesa
Dec 11 2009 Pinetree and Copper Mesa Mining Corporation’s Latest Bullish Report If the quote: -You can never underestimate the intelligence of the American Public- is true, then it is even more true to hold that You can never overestimate the idiocy of the Canadian investment firms. Yeah, I’m thinking of Pinetree’s latest latest brilliant […]
Read MoreCOPPER MESA SELLING ITS FLOTSAM
- Carlos Zorrilla
- July 17, 2009
- Copper Mesa
COPPER MESA SELLING ITS FLOTSAM Apparently Nortec Ventures decided not to buy Copper Mesa’s Ecuadorian flotsam. But the company’s debris is still for sale. Just what is up for grabs? In spite of what Copper Mesa claims in page one of the latest Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the three months ending March 31, 2009, […]
Read MoreArticle 24 and Copper Mesa’s -Nortec doomed venture
- Carlos Zorrilla
- June 4, 2009
- Copper Mesa
Another Bad Deal in the Works In the midst of Copper Mesa and Nortec Venture’s deal, and not mentioned in the company’s latest creative reports, is the implication of the Ecuadorian government’s intention of taking over as many old mining concessions- including Copper Mesa’s ex JUNIN concessions, which the company lost in November of 2008
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