20 Campesinos in Intag to be Interrogated
Sat. 17 Dec. Yesterda, Ascendant succeeded in asking Imabura’s attorney general to start criminal investigation of the burning of their camp in Chalguayacu Bajo by serving notices in Intag to 12 people presumed to be present at the event. We’ll give you all their names in the future, but from preliminary information, it includes all […]
Read MoreNEWS RELEASE: DESTRUCTION OF ASCENDANT COPPER CORPORATION’S CAMP
Due to the different versions going around regarding what happened in Chalguayacu Bajo, Cotacachi County, Ecuador, this past 10 of December 2005, in which the Ascendant mining camp was completely destroyed, we wish to let our point of view, based on the truth, be known. In the act more than 300 local people from approximately […]
Read MoreACTION ALERT: Ask President Palacios to Reject the Junín Mining Project
Please email, fax and mail President Palacios by using our sample letter and writing your own thoughts about why you want him to reject Junín mining project and investigate the long-term implications to the forests of the Toisan Range, for the local communities, county of Cotacachi, and the area’s natural resources, and to Ecuador. Sample […]
Read MoreINTAG’S COMMUNITIES SAY ENOUGH!
Communities in Intag Take Direct Measures Against Ascendant’s Mining Facilities. Saturday, 10 December 2005Over three hundred community members from approximately 20 communities in the Intag area of Ecuador gathered together at the village of Chalguayacu Bajo in a community Assembly, and voted unanimously to burn down the facilities belonging to Ascendant Copper Corporation, as a […]
Read MoreUpdate Friday 9 December
Saturday, 9 december- Report from Junín today : two police showed up at the community road block to investigate a confrontation that took place earlier in the week when two ministry of the environment officials tried to go into community reserve with a known land trafficker. The police were driven in a Ascendant Copper Corporation […]
Read MoreNine Good Reasons Why NOT to Invest in Ascendant Copper Corporation
DECOIN has been asked by the communities surrounding Ascendant Copper Corporation’s Junín mining project to inform the general public of the risks and dangers of supporting this company’s mining project. Ascendant Copper’s Prospectus has innumerable instances of misinformation and omissions that you should be aware of in case you are considering investing in this very […]
Read MoreASCENDANT COPPER STOPPED AGAIN
Ascendant Copper Corporation Provokes Another Confrontation With CommunitiesThe Company Doctor in Trouble?Illegal Land Titles Investigated by Government Officials Ascendant Copper Corporation Provokes Another Confrontation With CommunitiesOn Wednesday, 16 of November, between 20 and 30 community members from Chalguayacu Alto and Junin confronted four Ascendant Copper Corporation employees, including its community relations person, Adam Smith, at […]
Read MoreAscendant Copper’s Land Purchases Investigated by Inda
Land Purchases by Ascendant Copper Investigated by IndaAscendant Copper Clears One Hurdle to ListingCodegam Disrupts Parish Assembly in García MorenoIntag Solidarity Network Web Page Up and RunningAnd more…. Land Purchases by Ascendant Copper Investigated by IndaOn Saturday, 29 October, the head of Ecuador’s Institute for Agriculture Development in Imbabura province paid a surprise visit to […]
Read MoreUPDATE: Another Major Headache for Ascendant Copper
Mayor Auki Tituaña sent a scathing letter to the British Columbia Securities Commission earlier this week to let them know just how upset he is with Ascendant Copper’s presence in his county. (English translation is available below.) The BCS Commission is looking into whether Ascendant Copper should list their company in the Canadian Stock exchanges, […]
Read MoreINTAG update, 17 July
Ok, time for an update. El Presidente comes to town (Ascendant’s that is..)Ascendant’s new, more “compassionate” face A new documentary about the struggle in the makingPolice show up for a “routine” patrol… In Junin?International Observers Why is Ascendant buying thousands of hectares of Intag’s lands?It’s official: Ascendant turned in their prospectus and trying to list […]
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