Southern Ecuador's Cuenca city bans new large-scale mining
INV Metals' Loma Larga gold-silver-copper project, located in southern Ecuador. Photo credit: INV Metals Residents of the Southern Ecuador city of Cuenca have voted in favour of banning future large-scale mining activities in five nearby watershed zones – an area that stretches over 3,100 square km (1,197 square miles) and is home to more than 580,000 people. The poll results represent a win for Cuenca, the country’s third-largest city in the province of Azuay, which hosts several mining assets, including Chinese-owned Junefield’s Rio Blanco gold project, SolGold’s (TSX: SOLG; LSE: S...
Source: northernminer.com