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Mesa tells Legislative Assembly not to ratify Agreeement of Association with EU

| Media Releases
The National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining calls on the Legislature to not ratify the Association Agreement between Central America and the European Union Following up on a request made to the Legislative Assembly in July 2012, members of the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining vis...

Pacific Rim’s announcement of a US $315 million increase in its law suit against El Salvador denounced by members of the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining in El Salvador

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - APRIL 04, 2013 Canadian mining company Pacific Rim has announced it will increase to US $315 million its demand against the Salvadoran Government for failing to grant a license to exploit gold in the El Dorado mine in its northern department of Cabañas. Pacific Rim is sui...

Governments of Guatemala and El Salvador forced to respond to community concerns regarding the Cerro Blanco mining project

| Cerro Blanco
San Salvador, Feb. 26th, 2013 Over two hundred Members of the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining in El Salvador, La Mesa, held a rally this morning in front of the Guatemalan Embassy in San Salvador to deliver a letter addressed to Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina to express conce...

PRESS RELEASE

| Cerro Blanco
COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS REJECT CERRO BLANCO MINE AND DEMAND THE GOVERNMENT OF GUATEMALA TO ORDERS ITS IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION. February 26, 2013 Communities and organizations convened under the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining in El Salvador mobilized to the Embassy of Guatema...

BACKGROUND MINING IN EL SALVADOR

| Background and reports
The tiny country of El Salvador is caught up in a David vs. Goliath battle as it struggles to defend the human right to water and the public health of its citizens.  Metallic mining projects would pose a significant threat to the already taxed water supplies of El Salvador, as well to the en...

Government of El Salvador asked once again to take leadership in banning metallic mining

| Cerro Blanco
San Salvador, February 4th, 2012 The NationalRoundtable Against Metallic Mining in El Salvador(La Mesa) reiterated in a press conference this morning its petition for the Salvadoran Government to introduce legislation to place a definite ban to metallic mining in the country.  The call was ma...

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