Copper Mesa/Ascendant Copper

Canada-Ecuador: When Stock Exchanges Fuel Human Rights Violations
Thursday, December 24, 2009

Recently, Toronto-based Pinetree Capital bought a few million shares of Copper Mesa Mining Corporation, making it the largest share owner of a failing company currently embroiled in a lawsuit . The takeover raised the price of its penny stock upwards to between three and five cents. Copper Mesa, however, got a lot more than what it bargained for.

Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Ecuador, Copper Mesa/Ascendant Copper
What Role for Canada in the Americas? Corporate Accountability and the Extractive Industries
Sunday, April 5, 2009

What Role for Canada in the Americas?
Meeting the Challenge of Human Rights, Democratic Development, and Economic Justice in a Time of Global Crisis

A Policy Roundtable organized by CCIC’s Americas Policy Group

“Corporate Accountability and the Extractive Industries”

Presentation Notes
Jamie Kneen
MiningWatch Canada

Corporate Accountability, Latin America and the Caribbean, Corporate Social Responsibility, Ecuador, Copper Mesa/Ascendant Copper, Presentations
Ecuador: Government Shuts Down Ascendant Copper’s Junín Project
Friday, September 28, 2007
(Ottawa/Intag) Canadian junior mining company Ascendant Copper Corporation’s ambitions to develop a major copper mine in the Intag region of northwestern Ecuador were dealt a serious blow on September 25, 2007, when restrictions on the company’s activities in the area turned into a total prohibition. Ecuador’s Minister ...
Ecuador, Copper Mesa/Ascendant Copper, Rio Tinto
Ascendant ordered to stop community relations at Junin Project, loses major investor
Monday, July 23, 2007

The Ministry of Energy and Mines in Ecuador has ordered Ascendant Copper Corporation (Ascendant) to “immediately cease all activities intended to divide the community and disturb the citizenry’s peaceful life” around its proposed Junin Project. The company is facing numerous setbacks, including the recent order to stop community relations work, high levels of community opposition and the withdrawal of a major shareholder.

Ecuador, Copper Mesa/Ascendant Copper
Canadian Mining Investment in Southeast Ecuador Exacerbates Divisions, Conflicts
Wednesday, July 18, 2007

This analysis was undertaken following the publication of two letters accusing MiningWatch Canada of “genocide” and of keeping the Shuar people of Southeast Ecuador in poverty (see MiningWatch Responds to Ecuadorian Letters). The letters make special reference to Corriente Resources’ ‘Mirador’ project.

Corporate Social Responsibility, Ecuador, Copper Mesa/Ascendant Copper, Corriente Resources, IAMGOLD
Resistance to Ascendant Copper's Junin Project continues in Ecuador
Thursday, June 14, 2007
OTTAWA, ONTARIO- Employees of Ascendant Copper Corporation continue to face limitations when accessing the concession at their Junin project due to local opposition to the project, an issue that was downplayed in Ascendant Copper's current prospectus. The opposition has intensified lately due to severe -and documented- human rights violations taking place in the Junin area. Contrary to ...
Ecuador, Copper Mesa/Ascendant Copper
Luck of the Draw: Carlos Zorrilla visits North America
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
OTTAWA-“If they’d have arrested me, things would have been different. I wouldn’t have been standing before you here today. They wanted me dead.” Harrowing words, coming from a man as soft spoken as Carlos Zorrilla, but not hard to believe given that as Executive Director of DECOIN (Intag Ecological Defence and Conservation) he is one of the most visible and outspoken opponents ...
Corporate Social Responsibility, Ecuador, Copper Mesa/Ascendant Copper
Ecuador’s Toisan Range Threatened by Copper Mining Project - Immediate Action Needed on Roundtable Report
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
(Ottawa) An Ecuadorian environmental group today called on the Canadian government to insist that its companies abide by the highest standards of conduct when operating overseas in order to prevent Canadian mining companies from continuing to threaten fragile eco-systems and local communities, while tarnishing Canada’s image both at home and internationally. Carlos Zorrilla, ...
Corporate Social Responsibility, Ecuador, Copper Mesa/Ascendant Copper
Ascendant Copper Agrees to Curtail Activities in Ecuador
Friday, March 30, 2007

Front page of El Norte, March 28, 2007It took three months of protest by local communities and an intervention by the provincial Governor and two government ministries, but Ascendant Copper Corporation has agreed to curtail its activities in the Intag region of Imbabura Province in Ecuador.

Corporate Social Responsibility, Ecuador, Copper Mesa/Ascendant Copper
Organisations Challenge Ascendant Copper’s Claims Regarding Junín Mining Project
Thursday, December 21, 2006

(Ottawa/Intag) MiningWatch Canada and the Ecuadorian organisation DECOIN (Ecological Defence and Conservation of Intag – Defensa y Conservación Ecológica de Intag) today released documentation showing that Ascendant Copper’s news release dated December 19, 2006, contains inaccuracies and distortions of the facts regarding the company’s ill-fated Junín mining project.

Ecuador, Copper Mesa/Ascendant Copper

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