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: 
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 The Defence of Territory of San Miguel del Progreso - Juba Wajiín, Me'phaa community of the Montaña region of Guerrero, Response to the granting of mining concessions without consulation (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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