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3 Sep 2018

Author:
Cecilia Jamasmie, mining.com (Canada)

Tahoe’s Escobal mine license to remain suspended — Guatemalan court

Precious metals miner Tahoe Resources’...troubles with the communities in the countries in which operates seem far from over, especially after Guatemala's highest court confirmed Monday the suspension of the company’s mining license for its Escobal silver mine.  The Constitutional Court’s ruling ordered the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) to carry out an immediate consultation of the local indigenous population, the Xinka communities, and it also upheld the license suspension for Tahoe’s smaller Juan Bosco mine.  The company said it was currently unable to provide a timeline for completion of the consultation...Escobal, the world's third largest silver mine, has been shut since July 2017 after the country’s Supreme Court provisionally ordered so following an appeal from environment and human rights organization CALAS.  That group alleged the MEM had not consulted with the local indigenous group before awarding the license to Tahoe’s local unit, Minera San Rafael.  The miner has noted the Guatemalan Constitutional Court heard appeals of the Supreme Court’s decision to reinstate the Escobal mining license on Oct. 25, but has yet to issue a verdict of its own despite being required to do so within five days of the public hearing...

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