I sent this email to Silvia.
Silvia Santacruz Writer-Editor silviasantacruz@ecuadorminingnews.com Dear Silvia The companies that have spent relatively small amounts of money & have discovered ore bodies do not have the resources (financial & expertise) to bring same to production. The next step demands forming a JV or an outright sale to a major. This is an impossibility until the government signs agreements or passes legislation which allows a major to commit to investing in these mining projects on a sound financial basis. Investment in jobs & infrastructure hangs in the balance as well as a revenue stream for government coffers. Joltin