Two investors of Goldcorp Inc. proposed a vote of shareholders to suspend work Marlin mine in Guatemala, but the local company considers that this request has no basis, while indigenous communities yesterday demanded the closure of mining activity.
The Marlin mine has a new legal process. (File)
Goldcorp, based in Vancouver, Canada, has until next Saturday to respond if the request of investors will be voted at the annual meeting next May, said Jennifer Moore, a spokeswoman for Mining group Mining Watch Canada-Defense-to Bloomberg, a website specializing in business in that country.
The request of shareholders, whose names are not disclosed, is related to the application of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Organization of American States, which requested the temporary closure of the Marlin mine while investigating a complaint of damage to the health of communities of San Miguel community, San Marcos.
"The discussions with stakeholders are progressing well," said Jeff Wilhoit, a spokesman for Goldcorp in Canada.
The note states that during the annual meeting of Goldcorp last year there was a similar request which received 10 percent of the vote, including the Van Eck Emerging Markets Fund, which owns 2.9 percent of the shares that transnational mining.
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Mario Marroquin, CEO of Goldcorp for Guatemala, said that Canada should review the facts and know the testimony of the parties.
asserted that there is no basis for the suspension of operations because the Marlin meets all national and international legal standards.
Marroquín said that this is a request made two shareholders, two thousand who have Gold-corp, and at each annual meeting any investor makes a request.
believes that there will be no decision at the meeting, because the request has no basis.
On the request of the IACHR said it is the internal process Guatemala for answers.
also said that maintaining the dialogue with the communities near the mine.
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