Ecuador
Washington Tiwi, leader of the Shuar indigenous federation FESHNAC, Paul Palacios, Secretary of Risk Assessment for the Province of Zamora Chinchipe, E-Tech Ecuador Coordinator, Lupita de Heredia, and E-Tech Chief Scientist, Dr. Ann Maest
left to right: Gerson Calva Zamora Chinchipe Environmental Director, Lupita de Heredia, Dick Kamp and Ann Maest from E-Tech, Zamora Chichipe Prefect Salvador Quishpe
Kinross Fruta Del Norte mine headquarters, Cordillera del Condor
E-Tech comments on communications from the Mirador mine to MAE, Environmental Ministry, in response to MAE concerns over incomplete Environmental Impact Assessment submitted in 2011.
Written at the request of the ministry and submitted December 21, 2011 and January 12, 2012 The more complete Spanish document has an English prose only translation. These documents are a followup to the January 31, 2011 E-Tech analysis on the EIA that was also completed at the request of MAE."
Download or view Mirador Comentarios MAE E-Tech 21 Dic 2011.pdf
Download or view EIA Beneficio y Respuestas 121211.pdf
August 2011: presentations in Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador: A regional learning tool. Ann Maest Spanish language powerpoint presentation on large scale hardrock mining in Ecuador: Basic information on pollution issues. (Download the PDF )
Presentaciones en Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador de agosto 2011 Una herramienta de aprendizaje regional. Ann Maest presentación de PowerPoint sobre mineria de roca dura en el Ecuador: Información básica sobre problemas de contaminación.
August 2011: Final Report Mirador - Report is in Spanish Download or view
In January, 2011, E-Tech Chief Scientist Ann Maest and Director Richard Kamp responded to a request from the Prefect (elected leader) of the Province of Zamora Chinchipe to identify the potential environmental effects of two proposed large-scale metal mines and, to a lesser extent, of artisenal mining throughout the province.
We visited with federal regulators, indigenous leaders, conservation groups and environmental organizations focused on mining, and we had lengthy meetings with mining companies Ecuacorrientes (Chinese) and Kinross (Canadian) over their mining projects. The latter meetings included lengthy site visits and meeting with technical staff working in Quito and at the mining sites. At the request of the environmental ministry, we also submitted technical comments on the exploitation and beneficiation Environmental Impact Studies for permits for the Ecuacorrientes open-pit copper mine in the Cordillera del Condor in the Ecuador-Peru border region.