For Immediate Release March 2, 2009
TSX: CTQ, NYSE: ETQ
ECUADOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL STATES THAT ALL SUSPENSIONS OF
MINING ACTIVITIES ARE LIFTED
VANCOUVER, CANADA, March 2, 2009 - Corriente Resources Inc. advises that in a presentation
given earlier today at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Conference
(Toronto, Canada), Dr.
José Serrano Delgado, Sub-Secretary of Mines in the Ministry of Mines
and Petroleum of Ecuador (the “MMP”), announced that the MMP has lifted all suspensions on
mining activities in Ecuador, and that formal letters to this effect are in the process of being sent
to mining companies.
Corriente will provide further information on the above as it becomes available.
ABOUT CORRIENTE
Corriente controls a 100% interest in approximately 49,000 hectares located within the Corriente
Copper Belt, Ecuador. The Belt currently contains four known copper and copper-gold porphyry
deposits that are being strategically developed as the Mirador Project (which includes Mirador
Norte) and the Panantza-San Carlos Project, and six additional copper exploration targets.
Together, these targets represent a potential long-term district development opportunity for largescale
copper-gold mining.
“Dan Carriere”
Daniel A. Carriere
Senior Vice-President
For further information, please contact Mr. Dan Carriere, Senior Vice-President,
at (604) 687-0449 or see our website at www.corriente.com.