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The Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project has posted on social media:
“Community leaders and environmentalist organizations have said they will not cease resistance to mining due to the risk of water pollution in the municipality of Asunción Mita, Jutiapa, east of Guatemala, where the Cerro Blanco project has been acquired by a new company.”
In their social media post, PBI-Guatemala shared a Prensa Comunitaria article titled Resistance against Cerro Blanco mining continues due to the risk of water contamination (November 20, 2025).
That article reports:
“Community leaders and environmental organizations have said they will not cease resistance to mining because of the risk of water contamination in the municipality of Asunción Mita, Jutiapa, in eastern Guatemala, where the Cerro Blanco project has been acquired by a new company.
Although the Cerro Blanco mining project began in 1997, when the Guatemalan government granted the exploration license, it was not until 2007 that the Guatemalan company Entre Mares, a subsidiary of the Canadian company Goldcorp Inc., obtained the exploitation permit.
On May 31, 2017, Bluestone Resources acquired the Cerro Blanco project in its entirety to extract gold and silver, then in 2021, the company announced a restructuring and was renamed Elevar Resources.
On January 13, 2025, the Cerro Blanco project was acquired by the Canadian company Aura Minerals.”
Last month, Prensa Comunitaria reported on the Mesoamerican Caravan for Climate and Life – that was remotely accompanied by PBI-Canada – visiting Jutiapa, Guatemala and learning about community resistance to the mine.
That article noted: “At the beginning of 2025, the Canadian company Aura Minerals completed the purchase of Bluestone Resources, the previous owner of the deposit, and renamed the project ‘Era Dorada’ [Golden Era]. However, the change of hands has not implied an ethical or technical transformation: the project continues to be surrounded by serious legal, environmental and social questions, while seeking to advance its open-pit exploitation despite massive popular rejection.”
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