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Constitutional Court of Ecuador Prioritizes the Environmental Consultation Process Writ
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Constitutional Court of Ecuador Prioritizes the Environmental Consultation Process Writ\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n \n TORONTO\n \n \n ,\n \n \n Sept. 11, 2023\n \n \n /CNW/ - Adventus Mining Corporation (\"\n \n Adventus\n \n \") (TSXV: ADZN) (OTCQX: ADVZF) and Salazar Resources Limited (\"\n \n Salazar\n \n \") (TSXV: SRL) (OTCQB: SRLZF) (collectively the \"\n \n Participants\n \n \") are pleased to provide an update from the writ issued by the Constitutional Court of\n \n Ecuador\n \n (the \"\n \n Court\n \n \"), which follows the news release from\n \n August 2, 2023\n \n . On\n \n August 1, 2023\n \n , the Court admitted for processing an unconstitutionality claim filed by the indigenous group CONAIE and other complainants against Presidential Decree 754 (the \"\n \n Decree\n \n \") which regulates the environmental consultation process. All environmental consultation processes across all public and private sectors were suspended and were to await resolution of the matter by the Court, including the Participants' El Domo – Curipamba project (\"\n \n El Domo\n \n \").\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n On\n \n September 7, 2023\n \n , in a follow-on writ, the Court declared the process as priority and set a public hearing for\n \n September 18, 2023\n \n . Historically, the Court can be expected to issue a resolution within two to three months following the public hearing commencement. Such ruling is expected to provide clarifications to the Decree and corresponding final step in the El Domo environmental consultation process.\n \n \n The ruling is expected to give a clear path forward for the El Domo environmental license. Once the environmental consultation process is restarted, the timing for final environmental and social impact assessment approval for El Domo could be as short as two months, with construction activities commencing shortly thereafter. In light of this update, the Participants have updated execution plans for the potential start of construct...