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Article

28 Jun 2016

Author:
The Defenders of Nature of Casillas & Community Development Council of San Juan Bosco Santa Rosa (Guatemala)

Letter to Gunpoint Exploration Ltd. & Chesapeake Gold Corporation

…We are writing out of deep concern over Gunpoint Exploration’s Escorpión project and the company’s recent filings in which you report that the Guatemalan government has granted it a 900 hectare licence for the project, just west of Tahoe Resources’ Escobal mine…What your company does not report to your shareholders is that in 2011, the very same year that your company made its first payment for the El Escorpión project, the municipality of Casillas held a referendum in which 98.6% of over 5,000 local residents who participated voted against any mining in our territory. In December 2015, based on this overwhelming vote against mining, two injunctions were filed with the Supreme Court of Justice against the exploration concession…They stated that their right to water is being violated…In particular, Mr. Reifel, given your long association to date with Goldcorp and your experience dating back to the 90s with the Marlin mine in northwestern Guatemala…we would have hoped that you would choose not to speculate on an exploration project where local communities are clearly opposed to mining activities…