New study shows Solgold’s proposed Cascabel mine in Ecuador will cause untold environmental harm Mining expert Steven H Emerman recommends Solgold abandon Cascabel project and regulatory agencies should not approve the mine after new report shows massive financial and environmental risks at proposed Cascabel site. The areas highlighted red on this map are largely Australian … Read More
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Hancock Prospecting in Ecuador: Seven years of reported violations
In 2016-17, Ecuador put a third of its land mass up for sale to mining companies. They came from all over the world eager to explore for copper, gold and other metals, including several Australian heavyweights and juniors: BHP, Newcrest, SolGold, Fortescue Metals, and more. Prominent among the new Australian investors was Hancock Prospecting. Image … Read More
Gang activity in Ecuador shows mining fraught with issues
Statement by Rainforest Action Group The current wave of criminal activity by organised crime gangs in Ecuador underpins predictions made by Rainforest Action Group from 2018 that investing in mining in the country is fraught and risks further destabilising the country. Paramilitary groups operating on the Ecuador-Colombia border have been growing in strength and presence … Read More
Ecuador landslide deaths show mining risks
Deadly landslide buries Ecuador town, killing 28 in region earmarked for mining by Australian mining company SolGold. On Sunday 26 March, a massive landslide caused a large chunk of a mountainside to partially bury the isolated highland town of Alausí, in Chimborazo province, Ecuador – a region destined for mining activity by Australian company SolGold. … Read More
New report on SolGold backer Jiangxi
Rainforest Action Group launches its new report today on Jiangxi Copper, the Chinese mining company which invested $36 million US into SolGold in December Only weeks after Canada ordered three Chinese companies to give up their investments in Canadian minerals in November 2022, citing national security, SolGold announced Jiangxi would become a new investors to … Read More
Gina Rinehart considered “personally responsible” for human rights abuses in Buenos Aires, Ecuador
Gina Rinehart is “personally responsible” for abuses of human rights and constitutional law, say community members in Buenos Aires, Ecuador. Hanrine, her Ecuador subsidiary is again being denounced by community groups in Ecuador for its use of public forces to forcibly enter private and community properties, in order to build a new mining camp at … Read More
Ecuador Army attack peaceful civilians resisting Rinehart mining on their land
Gina Rinehart’s Hanrine mining concessions in north-east Ecuador are again hotbeds of unrest, with Ecuador’s Army using violence and tear gas to clear streets of citizens to allow Hanrine’s employees to pass during national strike. On June 18, the army threw around 30 tear gas grenades, triple action gas grenades and long distance projectiles at … Read More
Win for Los Cedros Reserve could impact mining concessions across Ecuador
Los Cedros Reserve to be protected from mining after comprehensive Ecuador Constitutional Court ruling on Rights of Nature and the environment In a significant ruling on December 1, the Ecuador Constitutional Court revoked the water and environmental rights of Cornerstone Capital Resources and the Ecuador state mining company (ENAMI) for the Rio Magdalena concessions that … Read More
Ecuador legal system manipulated in Rinehart company case
The National Council of the Judiciary in Ecuador confirmed the presence of irregularities and manipulation of the judicial computer system in the Protective Action that allowed Gina Rinehart subsidiary Hanrine to forcibly enter the town of Buenos Aires on August 3. The investigation was carried out by the National Directorate of Management Transparency after Assemblyman … Read More
Human rights violations at Gina Rinehart’s Ecuador mining concession
Approximately 500 armed national police stormed Buenos Aires in the early hours of the 3rd August, using tear gas and military trucks to forcibly clear a path through the town for the mining company Hanrine in what locals say is a significant human rights violation. This was despite a court ruling in June that gave … Read More