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Ecuador’s mining sector is following closely President Daniel Noboa’s recent decision to reopen and update the country’s mining cadaster within six months., mandates the inclusion in the country’s official registry of all records on mining rights, licenses, exploration and exploitation permits, as well as other related authorizations — whether granted, revoked, or cancelled.
It also provides some authorities, notably the ministries of environment, energy and mines, the authority to identify illegal mining resource activities throughout the national territory. They are entitled to enrol the national police and armed forces if necessary. “This dynamic not only escalates violence, extortion, recruitment, and contract killings but also enables the expansion of other illicit markets, such as the smuggling of mercury, weapons and drugs, further empowering the criminal groups guarding the mining enclaves,” Jarrín, who is one of the report’s authors, wrote.
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