Resumen: Candente Copper Corp. ha hecho una propuesta a los titulares de derechos de superficie, la Comunidad de Kañaris, para un acuerdo de derechos de acceso durante tres años, en los cuales se planea tener completados una Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental y Social ("EIAS"), Estudios de Factibilidad y la exploración adicional de la propiedad Cañariaco.
La compañía entiende que un juez será el encargado de llamar a la reunión de la Asamblea General de manera directa y que miembros de la comunidad está tomando acciones legales para detener la Consulta ilegal que el Sr. Barrios, Presidente de la Comunidad, intenta llevar a cabo.
Candente Copper Updates Community Agreement Status
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Apr 30, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
Candente Copper Corp.
CA:DNT
-5.56%
(lma:DNT)(pinksheets:CCOXF) ("the
Company ") provides the following update on the status of the Company
obtaining a surface rights access agreement for the Canariaco Project
in Peru.
The Company has made a proposal to the surface rights holders, the
Community of Kanaris (the "Community"), for a three year surface
access rights agreement during which it plans to have an
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment ("ESIA"), Feasibility
Studies and further exploration of the Canariaco Property completed.
Under Community Law in Peru, such an agreement can only be accepted
during a General Assembly meeting of the Community. For reasons not
disclosed, the President of the Community, Cristobal Barrios, has to
date failed to call for a General Assembly meeting to vote upon the
approval of the proposed surface rights agreement. On April 2nd, 2012
a petition signed by over 1,000 Community members (representing more
than 30% of the registered voters in the Community) was delivered to
Mr. Barrios by a Judge. The petition demanded that Mr. Barrios, by
April 14th, 2012 either choose a date and call the General Assembly
meeting to vote upon the approval of the surface rights access
agreement with the Company or the Judge would have the right to call
the General Assembly meeting directly. On April 15th, 2012 a meeting
was held by Mr. Barrios (the Company was not invited) during which he
informed the Community that he was choosing to ignore the petition
demanding the calling of a General Assembly meeting. Instead Mr.
Barrios called for a different kind of meeting to be held on July
15th, 2012, which he called a "Consulta Popular" ("Consulta"). It has
been reported that a Judge advised the Community during the meeting
that the President was blatantly ignoring Community Law and their
right to a democratic process, and in doing so his proposed Consulta
was illegally called for and has no legal basis.
In addition to the illegal manner in which the Consulta was called
for, Peruvian legal counsel advises that there is no legal framework
within Peruvian Community Law, Peruvian Federal Law nor Peruvian
Mining regulations for calling such a Consulta meeting.
The Consulta as called for by Mr. Barrios is not the new Consulta
Previa procedure, which has recently come into effect in Peru and is
meant to ensure that Indigenous communities are well informed of all
the various aspects of mining projects in their communities. Consulta
Previa must be called for by the Peruvian Regional or Central
Government and will likely (the specific regulations are not in place
yet) be called once the Environmental and Social Impact ("ESIA") and
Feasibility Studies are completed and an acceptable Mine Plan has
been proposed. The Canariaco Project is currently in the exploration,
Feasibility Study and ESIA preparation stage.
The Company has also been informed that various members of the
Community have asked the Peruvian Defensoria del Pueblo (Ombudsmen)
to review the situation and advise, given that more than 1,000 people
have formally requested the General Assembly meeting to be called to
vote upon the approval of the proposed surface rights access
agreement with the Company and the Consulta called for by Mr. Barrios
has not been legally called for.
The Company understands that the Judge will now be calling the
General Assembly meeting directly and that Community members are
taking legal actions to stop Mr. Barrios' illegal Consulta from
taking place.
The Company appreciates the Community's demand to follow appropriate
legal protocol and looks forward to a timely resolution of this
issue.
Fuente: http://www.marketwatch.com
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