Mining heavyweights that backed the company and its huge Ecuadorian copper deposit are growing increasingly frustrated by the management’s decisions.

The company believes the Tiria-Shimpia target area may have been investigated for silver by the Colonial Spanish.

Company has released new results for its copper project in Bahia State, Brazil, and for its NX Gold Mine in Mato Grosso State.

Company has mobilized two drill rigs to Precipitate’s project in the Dominican Republic to begin exploration drilling.

The agreement followed the company’s offer of a 36-month contract, a 2% salary increase and contract-signing bonus of $23,500 per worker.

The investment makes CATL the third-largest shareholder of the company.

Company has stopped using very large crude carrier (VLCC) ships converted into very large ore carriers (VLOC), following a final delivery to China on Sunday.