Llurimagua Project
Llurimagua Project is a copper and molybdenum mining project in Imbabura Province, Ecuador. It is named after Llurimagua, which is a community in the area. Ecuadorean state mining company ENAMI and Chilean state-owned counterpart Corporacion Nacional del Cobre, or Codelco started advanced exploration in 2015 in the area's primary cloud forest after hundreds of police had to intervene to secure the area.[1]
It is in Intag in the Cordillera de Toisán and includes 4,839 hectares.[2][3] Sampling in the area was done already.[2] In China, there is interest in cooperation.
References
[edit]- ^ "El ingreso de técnicos con resguardo policial genera tensión en Intag" [The entrance of technicians with police guard generates tension in Intag]. elcomercio.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-11-18.
- ^ a b "Empresa Nacional Minera del Ecuador ENAMI EP – El objeto principal de la Empresa Nacional Minera del Ecuador, ENAMI EP, es la gestión del sector estratégico de los recursos naturales no renovables en la actividad minera". www.enamiep.gob.ec. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "Enami EP aclara sobre trabajos en Intag". 22 September 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2018.