For what it's worth, legal certainty was mentioned a few weeks ago by Serrano. See in bold below.

The text of the new Mining Law will take more time
5/27/2008

Drafting Basin and Business

The undersecretary of Mines, Jose Serrano, reported yesterday that the reform of the Mining Act will not be ready this week as planned. The wording of the text will take one to two weeks, he said, because by missing make four more forums within the mining dialogue.

He added that the Assembly gave the first report on the implementation of the Mining Mandate on May 19 last. Details that were closed 1 138 titles that were pending, as laid down in Article 2 of the Mandate. While the regulation gets ready for the remaining articles.

Small miners Azuay spoke yesterday with concern about the development of Dialogue Miner.

Its president, Julio Vintimilla, citing as example that while his guild presented in Machala proposals for instructive Mandate Miner, last week, the Regional Bureau of Mines of the Austro closed processes 40 mining areas.

Another concern is to ensure legal certainty for their investments. To analyze the subject, conducted a forum in the coming weeks