Mining Law newsletter and other stuff.Ecuador mining industry is featured on pages 12-14. The newsletter is produced by the International Bar Association. There is quite a bit of room for Ecuador to continue to negatively impact the prospects of mining and exploration companies. The final conclusion is interesting given the volume of concerns and barriers.
https://www.mcguirewoods.com/news-resources/publications/international/Mining_Law_April_2009.pdf
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Another news tidbit; petro-pimp Correa is unable to attact bids for oil seized relative to their horrid windfall tax.
https://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN1630982020090516
Ecuador fails to sell oil seized from Perenco
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Finally, DMM indicated in their Q1 MD&A the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum is expected to release regulations under which the new Mining Law will operate by the end of May, 2009. Thanks again to DMMwatcher1 for pointing this out.