Costa Rica

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

On Wednesday, November 24th, 2010, the Contentious Administrative Tribunal (TCA by its initials in Spanish) sided with the demand of organizations that form part of the Opposition Front to mining in the north of Costa Rica when it ordered the annulment of the concession for gold extraction granted to the transnational company Infinito Gold in the district of Crucitas de Cutris in San Carlos province, along the border of Costa Rica with Nicaragua.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION OF THE IUCN, BARCELONA, SPAIN

CGR4.MOT141 Exploration and exploitation of open-cast mining activities in Mesoamerica

(UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION)

WHEREAS there are decisions to invest in the exploitation of metallic minerals in the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor that will affect thousands of hectares of primary forests, key watersheds in the area, and marine coastal areas rich in biodiversity, and thus human health and food security for the population;

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Groups call on company to disclose information and pay for clean-up; cyanide, other chemicals may have already leaked into environment

 AIDA - CEUS del Golfo - EARTHWORKS - Friends of the Earth - MiningWatch Canada

Wednesday, December 6, 2006

News Release: Northern Union for Life – Coalition Against Mining in the Northern Zone

Injunction Triumphs – Constitutional Court rules appeal filed by Vannessa Ventures subsidiary Industrias Infinito S.A.

Tuesday, October 24, 2006
On October 11, 2006, at 8:30 in the morning – minutes before the hearing was to begin – Industrias Infinito, the Costa Rican subsidiary of Calgary-based Vannessa Ventures, dropped its lawsuit against Marco Tulio Araya for defamation and damages. The company also agreed to reimburse Araya, a journalist ...