NORTH AMERICAN COMMISSION TO HEAR MEXICO GOLD, SILVER MINE COMPLAINTS
February 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLA MEXICAN environmental group has lodged a formal complaint with a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)-linked tribunal, claiming a Mexican subsidiary of Canada's Metallica Resources Inc has been given illegal authorisation to open a gold and silver mine. The Asociación Pro San Luis Ecológico has filed the claim with the Montreal-based Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), claiming the Mexico government has failed to enforce its environmental laws regarding the authorisation of an open-cast mine near Cerro de San Pedro, San ...
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