"Ecuadorian Indigenous Organizations Deny “Agreement” Announced by Canadian Company Solaris Resources", 20 June 2024

...Just days before the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Solaris Resources principal Indigenous organizations together have just released a scathing public statement denouncing the company and its flagship Warintza Project, said to be the root cause of escalating conflicts and rising among the Indigenous Shuar Arutam People (PSHA) who have historically opposed the proposed mine.

The project is located in the Cordillera del Condor, a biodiversity hotspot at the intersection of the Andes and Amazon ecosystems. It is increasingly evident that the increase in conflict in Shuar territory is directly correlated to the fall in the company’s share price and has affected its ability to attract capital, jeopardizing the viability of the project and the company...

In the new statement directed to Solaris and its shareholders released on June 20, the PSHA and the other principal Indigenous organizations from the south of Ecuador, say: “Solaris has entered our territories illegally and without consultation, especially in the communities of Yawi and Warints, co-opting former leaders, dividing communities and families, and provoking confrontations between our organizations. Nevertheless, the unity and ancestral strength of the Shuar-Achuar prevails. We are ancestral peoples and nationalities that have existed since before the very existence of the Ecuadorian state"...