Ecuador in dire need of foreign capital
Just to show how desperate the government of Ecuador has been about getting some foreign money into the country, a few years ago, the banks were paying 25% interest on your canadian or american money. The one hitch was that you had to keep it in the country for at least one full year,if not more.
This government stands to have billions of dollars enter the country via these Canadian mining companies. This money will do great good for the local economies. This is the whole reason for the government being pro-mining in the first place.
The government of Ecuador will never take over this property from Aurelian. As far as taxation is concerned, it's a possibility, but this will be a problem for the new owners of the property, not Aurelian's.