"Guatemala court grants Tahoe unit San Rafael right to operate", 9 Sep 2017

Guatemala's Supreme Court has ruled that the local unit of Canadian miner Tahoe Resources can restart work at its Juan Bosco and El Escobal mines while carrying out a mandatory consultation of the local indigenous population.

...Guatemala's judicial authority said on Friday night that the court had ordered the San Rafael unit to conduct the survey of the indigenous population on their views about the mining projects during the next year...

The decision marks the latest twist in a saga over the mines that has battered shares in Tahoe Resources.

Last month the Constitutional Court, Guatemala's top court of law, upheld a lower tribunal's preliminary decision to suspend the two mining licenses over whether the indigenous community had been properly consulted by San Rafael...

The Supreme Court's decision can still be appealed to the Guatemalan Constitutional Court.