TEN QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD ASK ABOUT COPPER MESA MINING CORPORATION
TEN QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD ASK ABOUT COPPER MESA MINING CORPORATION 1. Q. Does the company have legal title to its much-touted JUNIN mining concessions in Ecuador? A. NO. On November 12th, the government annulled the titles to the company’s Junin mining concessions as part of the government’s plans to recuperate thousands of mining concessions.. The […]
Read MoreMore Bad News for Copper Mesa: Company loses all of its Intag mining concessions.
Espaniol abajo More Bad News for Copper Mesa: Company loses all of its Intag mining concessions.– The Mining Mandate also abolished hundreds of other concessions affecting many Canadian mining companies in Ecuader. Close to 2,300 mining concessions affecting a total of 3.3 million hectares have been extinguished in Ecuador since the Mining Mandate went into […]
Read MoreCopper Mesa Loses 2 Concessions in Intag
The government announced this week that Copper Mesa Mining Corporation had reverted back to the state the concessions Golden 1 and Golden 2 (http://www.eltelegrafo.com.ec/actualidad/noticia/archive/actualidad/2008/11/19/Gobierno-extingue-concesiones-mineras-de-_CD00_ntag.aspx and http://www.presidencia.gov.ec/noticias.asp?noid=16549 This is not a “purported” extinction of the comopany’s mining rights; the legal measure is definitive. The government did not “make observations” to the company’s 2006 Environmental Impact Assesement, […]
Read MoreIT’S ALL OVER FOR COPPER MESA MINING CORPORATION IN INTAG-
IT’S ALL OVER FOR COPPER MESA MINING CORPORATION IN INTAG(formerly Ascendant Copper Corporation)Español más adelante NOV 13 2008 On Wednesday, November 12th, Ecuador’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum officially extinguished Copper Mesa Corporation’s Golden 1 mining concession in Intag, Ecuador. The Golden 1 concession formed a key part of the company’s JUNIN mining project, and […]
Read MoreNEW REGULATIONS FOR MINING IN ECUADOR/ Copper Mesa’s Troubles in Ecuador
Copper Mesa and Its Troubles in Ecuador Tougher Regulations for Mining in Ecuador (Nov 2008) On Monday, November 10 2008, the El Comercio Newspaper (second biggest in Ecuadoro) carried a story highlighting tougher new fiscal and environmental regulations proposed in the new mining law for mining companies working in Ecuador, including a minimum 5% royalty; […]
Read MoreCopper Mesa Mining and Its Troubles in Ecuador
COPPER MESA MINING CORPORATION AND ITS TROUBLES IN ECUADOR Copper Mesa Mining Corporation (ex The compnay Copper Corporation) continues to make light of very serious problems it is facing with its Ecuadorian mining project. These are the facts: On 19 September, the company announced that: That it has received confirmation from the National Director of […]
Read MoreNEW PROTECTED AREA IN JUNIN AREA- Nueva area protegia en área de junin
espaniol abajoOn August 18 the County government of Cotacachi unanimously approved a new Ordinance creating the County’s first municipal protected area encompassing 18, 000 hectares pristine micro watersheds and primary and seconary forests harboring dozens of threatened species, incluing the critically endangered brow-faced spider monkey, jaguars, and Spectacled Beas. The protected area include significant amounts […]
Read MoreToo Late for Copper Mesa / Those Pesky obstacles
Ascendant’s new name; Copper Mesa Mining CorpThe Constitutional Tribunal rules- too late- in favor of Ascendant.Lawsuit against Carlos Zorrilla declared illegal and malicious;Upcoming lawsuit in Canada In the last few years, the shares of Copper Mesa Mining Corp (formerly Ascendant Copper Corporation) have lost approximately 94% of their value, so it was only a matter […]
Read MoreCopper Mesa Mining Corp / Ascendant Copper still distorting facts
One thing is clear: Asscendant’s name change hasn’t affected the distortion of facts. Below is a couple of excerpts from their brand new web page http://www.coppermesacorp.com/properties/south_america/junin/ Property claims… the company claims it owns the JUNIN mining concessions, but does not tell the public or potential investors that the Ecuadorian Government annulled 88% of the country’s […]
Read MoreCopper Mesa Mining Corp: What’s behind a name?
resumen mas adelanteLatest from Intag:Ascendant’s new name; Copper Mesa Mining CorpLawsuit against Carlos Zorrilla declared illegal and malicious;The Constitutional Tribunal rules- too late- in favor of Ascendant.Upcoming lawsuit in Canada So, the name change is official, but a bad mining company with any name is still a bad mining company. If in doubt, please go […]
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