We've discussed the old "exploracion vs. exploitation' question before...Chiriboga cleared this up in rule clarifications at a press conference. ARU stopped operations because the mandate required it. Re DMM, the stop work order was not handed down to the company. ARU decided to stop work to be on the safe side (assumption) Why don't you ask them? But the mandate was clear..."operating" means in the context of 'mining' in spanish, but I'm not a spanish translator. Let someone else knaw on that.

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