Reducción Norte & Corazón de Tinieblas

Project Phase / Fase del proyecto:

In 2011, Hochschild Mining obtained two contiguous mining concessions, Reducción Norte Corazón de Tinieblas and Corazón de Tinieblas, in the municipalities of Malinaltepec, Zapotitlán de las Tablas, Tlacoapa and San Luis Acatlán in Guerrero state, Mexico. Exploration and exploitation of the mine was prevented by community legal challenges. These led Hochschild Mining to renounce the concessions in 2015 and in 2019 the federal mining authorities cancelled the two mine concessions completely.

Exploration Start Date / Fecha de inicio de la exploración:

2009

Extraction Type / Método de extracción:

Open pit

Country / País:

Mexico

Company / Empresa:

Parent Company: Hochschild Mining: (2010-2015)

Subsidiary: Minera Zalamera S.A. de C.V (2009-2010)

Subsidiary: Minera Hochschild Mexico

Natural Resource / Recurso natural:

Gold

Silver

Municipality, Department / Municipio, Departamento:

Malinaltepec, Guerrero

Region / Región:

Mexico

Legal Actions / Acciones Legales:

1992 Mexican Agrarian Law

1992 Mexican Mining Law

1992 Reform of Article 27 of Mexican Constitution

1992-2001 Constitutional Reforms to recognise Mexico’s pluricultural identity and Indigenous rights

2011 Constitutional reforms in relation to human rights treaties

2011- Indigenous communities reject mining in their territories

2012-2013 Decree to establish La Montaña Biosphere Reserve, and regional mobilization of indigenous communities against the initiative

2013 Community makes freedom of information request

2013-2016 San Miguel del Progreso files first challenge to mining concession

2015-2019 San Miguel del Progreso files petition for constitutional protection against “Declaration of Vacant Mining Lot”

2016- Municipal assemblies vote against mining

Political Actions / Acciones Políticas:

2010 Communities in La Montaña Region (Guerrero) begin to mobilize and share information

2012 Creation of the Regional Council of Agrarian Authorities in Defence of Territory (CRAADET)

2013 Declaration in Defence of Community Territory and against the Biosphere Reserve of La Montaña, Guerrero

2013 San Miguel del Progreso community assembly vote to pursue all legal measures against the mining concession

2014 Regional Council of Agrarian Authorities in Defence of Territory (CRAADET) visit Goldcorp mines

2014 National Meeting of communities resisting mining

2015 CRAADET press conference on Global Day Against Mega-mining

2017 Forum on environmental destruction caused by extractive projects

2017 National Meeting against the Extractive Mining Model in Malinaltepec in the Montaña region

2018 Information Exchange Forum

Reports / Informes:

2013 Statement in Defense of Communal Territory and against the Montaña Biosphere Reserve in Guerrero (Spanish)

2014 Hochschild Mining Annual Report

2014 The Montaña of Guerrero: Flashes of Justice and Hope (Spanish)

2016 Júba Wajiín - An open sky battle in the Montaña region of Guerrero in defence of territory and life, Mexico (Spanish)

2016 Outraged People! Resisting with the heart in front (Spanish)

2017 Sea of Struggle, Mountain of Illusions (Spanish)

2018 Mining Panorama in the State of Guerrero (Spanish)

2018 Montaña: Source of resistance, whirlwind of hope (Spanish)

2018 Report on agrarian jurisdiction and human rights of indigenous and peasant peoples in Mexico (Spanish)

2019 Mining legislation in Mexico: problems and proposals for modification (Spanish)

2021 Montaña Open to the Sky and Free of Mining - The defence against open pit mining in Júbà Wájíín and La Montaña Alta and Costa Chica regions of Guerrero (Spanish)

References / Referencias:

Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña -Tlachinollan, “Júba Wajiín – Una batalla a cielo abierto en la Montaña de Guerrero por la defensa del territorio y la vida, México”, dated 2016, online: https://mx.boell.org/sites/default/files/tlachinollan_web.pdf, accessed 28 April 2021.

CDHM Tlachinollan, “Montaña a Cielo Abierto ¡Libre de Minería! – La defensa contra la Minería a Cielo Abierto en Júbà Wájíín y La Región Montaña Alta y Costa Chica en Guerrero”, CDHM/ Fundación Heinrich Böll/ CLACS/ CIESAS: Tlapa de Comonfort, Guerrero, dated June 2021, on line: https://www.tlachinollan.org/libro-montana-a-cielo-abierto-libre-de-mine…, consulted 8 Decemer 2021.

Hochschild Mining Plc, “Positioned for Growth, Annual Reports and Accounts 2013”, dated 2014, online: http://www.hochschildmining.com/resources/733/HC013_ARA.pdf

María Teresa Sierra, “El pueblo me’phaa confronta el extractivismo minero. Ecología de saberes en la lucha jurídica”, e-cadernos CES 28 | 2017, dated 15 December 2017, online: http://journals.openedition.org/eces/2553

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