Nineteen Reasons Why Nortec Ventures Should Stay Out of the Intag Region of Ecuador
Thursday, 23 April 2009 Canada’s Nortec Ventures Corp., a mining company based in Vancouver, announced this month its intention of buying Copper Mesa Mining Corporation’s Ecuadorian assets. Three Intag residents recently filed a lawsuit against Copper Mesa (formerly Ascendant Copper), as well as the Toronto Stock Exchange, for their alleged responsibility of ongoing violence directed […]
Read MoreMining ban lift? Maybe, but not for Copper Mesa
ECUADOR: Mining ban lift, but not for Copper MesaEspañol a continuación According to Reuters’s November 10th article, Correa’s government is trying to revive the mining sector in the South of the country (with very little luck by the way), but the government is explicit that the nation’s mining plans do not include the Intag area, […]
Read MoreCOPPER MESA SUED IN CANADA
Activist presented lawsuit against the TSX which includes Ascendant Copper on March 4 espaniol a continuacion.. http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1742/68/ Lawsuit: Canadian Mining Firm Financed Violence in Ecuador Written by Jennifer Moore Tuesday, 03 March 2009 Source: The Tyee TMX Group denies claim. Win could affect thousands of other projects by Canadian companies. “Financing being raised in Canada […]
Read MoreIntag Activists to Sue Canadian Stock Exchange and Canadian company
News from Intag 21 Februrary 99 days since Copper Mesa lost their concessions in Intag, AND,—- Community Leaders in Canada to Sue the Toronto Stock Exchange and a Canadian Mining Company Marcia Ramirez and Carlos Zorrilla, community activists from the Intag area of Ecuador, will be visiting Canada from the 25th of February until the […]
Read MoreTEN 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 […]
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