Solaris Resources (TSX:SLS)(NYSEAmerican:SLSR) has issued a statement to address false and misleading claims made by anti-mining NGOs regarding the social license of its Warintza Project in southeastern Ecuador. The company emphasizes that the Warintza Project resides on the ancestral lands of the Warints and Yawi communities, which have been officially registered and defined by the Ecuadorian government since 2002. These communities are the sole legal entities with rights and authority over these lands.
The International Labor Organization has recognized the Warints and Yawi as the sole titleholders of their ancestral lands. It has also acknowledged the legality of the Strategic Alliance, a governance structure created by Solaris to ensure community consent for the Warintza Project. This Alliance is managed by an Advisory Board of Directors comprising company representatives and democratically elected…
