A BRIEF HISTORY OF RESISTANCE TO MINING IN INTAG, ECUADOR
MITSUBISHI AND THE WORLD BANK COME TO INTAG(updated jan/08) Exploration for metallic minerals intensified in the Junín area with the arrival of Bishimetals in the early 1990s. Junín is a community located in Intag, a 1,500 km2 expanse of cloud forests and farms in northwestern Ecuador (Cotacachi County, Imbabura Province). Bishimetals, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi […]
Read MoreIs Ascendant Keeping the Titanic Afloat?
Ascendant Copper: Trying to Keep the Titanic Afloat? The project is dead. And no amount of slick public relations campaign can bring it back. A complete stop-work order for their Junin mining project, their so-called “nest egg”; A nest egg with 17 less properties which the company lost recently (see prior blogs) No environmental impact […]
Read MoreAscendant loses 17 Properties in JUNIN / empresa pierde 17 propiedades en Junin
Ascendant Loses 17 Properties in JUNIN / Empresa pierde 17 propiedades en Junin On October 10th, the General Secretary of Ecuador’s Land Reform Institute (INDA) announced that the institute extinguished the legality of 17 of Ascendant’s properties in the JUNIN area. The land will return to government ownership. The Institute had adjudicated the untitled land […]
Read MoreAscendant’s New Creative 3rd Quarter Reports
ASCENDANT’S NEW CREATIVE 3RD QUARTER REPORTS It’s best to start by pointing out that Ascendant’s 3rd quarter financial report report is unaudited. There is no sign anywhere of an auditing firm taking responsibility for it. This helps to understand what follows. Regarding the Management and Discussion section of the report, it can be summarized as […]
Read MoreILLEGAL 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 […]
Read MoreHolding 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 […]
Read MoreEXPOSING 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 […]
Read MoreLa 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 […]
Read MoreOfficial 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 […]
Read MoreNO 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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