Is Ascendant Exploration turning into Ascendant Desperation?
Junin is a world class copper-molybdenum-gold-silver porphyry deposit. Miocene granodioritic rock was intruded by younger mineralized quartz-dioritic and granodioritic porphyries. The economic mineralization is mainly related to primary sulphides. However the existence of secondary enrichment zones increases the potential. Junin is a project in an advance stage (geology, geochemistry, geophysics, drilling, environmentals, prefeasibility). — Taken […]
Read MoreASCENDANT EXPLORATION CONTINUES ACTING TRUE TO FORM
(Intag, Ecuador) As you will be able to see from the report that follows Ascendant Exploration continues to try to impose a mining project very few local villagers want through illegal and aggressive means. This latest rejection is just one more of a long and growing list of examples of people getting fed up with […]
Read MoreDel DIARIO EL NORTE
Ibarra, 1 Septiembre 2004 | Polibio Pérez, Presidente del Consejo de Desarrollo Comunitario de la parroquia de García Moreno. Dijo dirigente comunitario “Ministro del Ambiente está solo en el papel” IBARRA | El Presidente del Consejo de Desarrollo Comunitario de la parroquia de García Moreno, Polibio Pérez, exigió a los ministros del Ambiente Fabián Valdivieso […]
Read MoreMORE GOOD NEWS FROM JUNIN
A delegation from the Junin area was set to travel to Imbabura’s capital, Ibarra, to pressure the provincial government to start working on the road, which the miners had offered to work on in exchange for the communities supporting the mining project (mostly rehabilitation work) Well, yesterday, 18 people showed up from the communities of […]
Read MoreJunin in La Hora Ecuador
August 31, 2004: En Intag dijeron basta August 29, 2004: Problema de minas en Junin toca fondo August 24, 2004: Desmienten inicio de perforación en la concesión del área de Junín August 24, 2004: Siguen los problemas en las minas de Junín en Cotacachi
Read MoreJUNIN: Another Blow to Ascendant as Road Equipment Forced to Turn Back
Another blow to Ascendant Exploration was delivered this past Friday August 27th, when five communities in the Junin area definitely rejected Ascendant’s offer to improve the roads into the communities. As a result of the decision, the company was forced to withdraw their equipment and leave the area. Representatives from the communities of Chalguayacu Alto, […]
Read MoreTRIUNFO CONTRA EL PROYECTO MINERO JUNIN, ECUADOR
Buenas noticias. Este 27 de agosto fue otro día histórico en la lucha de las comunidades afectadas por el proyecto minero "Junin", zona de Intag, Cantón Cotacachi, que desde 1995 luchan en defensa de su dignidad, sus derechos civiles y de vivir en un medio ambiente libre de contaminación. Las directivas de las comunidades de […]
Read MoreConfrontation in Junin
This past Monday, 22 August, Ascendant Exploration, with close to 100 paid machete-yielding workers from communities far from the mining area, tried to forcibly bring in their machinery to work on road maintenance, against the wishes of the 3 communities most likely to be affected by the Junin mining project in this area. The workers […]
Read MoreComunidades Rechazan Ascendant Exploration.. de nuevo!!
LÍDERES COMUNITARIOS RECHAZAN PRESENCIA DE LA EMPRESA MINERA ASCEDANT EXPLORATION EN JUNIN, ECUADOR Intag, 23 Agosto 2004 Este pasado sábado, 21 de agosto, representantes de 5 comunidades del sector de Junin unánimemente tomaron la decisión de rechazar los ofrecimientos de la empresa Ascendant Exploration de construir nuevas carreteras y rehabilitar otras, en una medida que […]
Read MoreCommunities Reject Ascendant Exploration…Again!
COMMUNITY LEADERS REJECT PRESENCE OF ASCENDANT EXPLORATION IN JUNIN ECUADOR Intag, 23 August 2004 This past Saturday, 21 August, representatives from 5 communities in the Junin area unanimously decided to reject Ascendant’s offer of building new roads and rehabilitating others, in a move that will have serious repercussions for the company’s intent to sell their […]
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