{"id":459393,"date":"2026-09-10T13:26:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T13:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/459393\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T13:26:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T13:26:21","slug":"affected-communities-mobilize-against-the-announced-expansion-of-the-san-jose-mining-project-in-san-jose-del-progreso-oaxaca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/459393\/","title":{"rendered":"Affected communities mobilize against the announced expansion of the \u201cSan Jos\u00e9\u201d mining project in San Jos\u00e9 del Progreso, Oaxaca"},"content":{"rendered":"

Educa Oaxaca has posted on their website<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Wednesday, September 9th, leaders from the affected communities stood in front of the office of the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), to protest the announced expansion of the mine in San Jos\u00e9 del Progreso, Oaxaca.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCommunal land holders and representatives of the alliance \u2018No a la Miner\u00eda por un Futuro de Todas y Todos\u2019 (No to Mining for a Future for All) also attended the event to condemn the operation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their article further highlights: \u201cThe construction of the mine started in 2009, without the consent of the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

El Universal Oaxaca reports<\/a> that the communities and social organizations of the No to Mining Front say: \u201cAuthorizing a new expansion will not only deepen the environmental deterioration that we are already experiencing; it would legitimize an activity that has operated for 17 years without our consent, on communities such as those whose lives depend directly on their territories and specifically on water.\u201d<\/p>\n

Libertad Oaxaca also notes<\/a>: \u201cCommunity, agrarian and municipal authorities of Zapotec communities in the Central Valleys pointed out that the request presented by the company does not represent a new project, but a new stage of expansion of a mining activity that, they say, has been operating in their territories for 17 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Imparcial Oaxaca reports<\/a>: \u201cAt a press conference in front of the Semarnat facilities in the city of Oaxaca, the representatives explained that the mining company should have closed in 2021, however, the federal government authorized the renewal of the concession for another 12 years, even though the communities have demonstrated against it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Accompaniment<\/p>\n

Peace Brigades International, through its accompaniment of\u00a0Services for Alternative Education A.C. (Educa Oaxaca)<\/a>, has long followed the situation of Vancouver-based Fortuna Silver mining operation in San Jos\u00e9 del Progreso, Mexico.<\/p>\n

In November 2012, PBI-Mexico accompanied a \u201cMisi\u00f3n Civil de Observaci\u00f3n\u201d that included two future members of the PBI-Canada team (Meera Karunananthan and Brent Patterson). Karunananthan told CBC News: \u201cThis is part of an international pattern with Canadian mining companies violating human rights in communities abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n

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PBI-Canada continued to monitor this struggle and in November 2018 organized an advocacy tour to Toronto and Ottawa, a virtual meeting with Global Affairs Canada officials in March 2021, then a webinar in collaboration with Amnesty International in November 2021, as well as posting regular updates on our website and social media<\/p>\n

On January 15, 2025, Promineria\u00a0reported<\/a>: \u201cFortuna Mining has signed a binding agreement to sell its 100% stake in Minera Cuzcatl\u00e1n to Mexico\u2019s Minas del Balsas.<\/p>\n

By May 2025, JRC Investments acquired Compa\u00f1\u00eda Minera Cuzcatl\u00e1n S.A. de C.V. At that time Cuatrecasas commented<\/a>: \u201cIt includes the signing of a management contract and a mining royalty contract with the seller Fortuna Mining Corp.\u201d<\/p>\n

JRC is a \u201cprivate Peruvian company\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fortuna Mining Corp. additionally noted<\/a>: \u201cFortuna retains a 1.0 percent net smelter royalty on production from the San Jose Mine concessions payable after the first 6.1 million ounces of silver and the first 44,000 ounces of gold or 119,000 gold equivalent ounces have been mined or extracted from the property.\u201d<\/p>\n

We continue to follow this.<\/p>\n

Additional reading: Peace Brigades International has long accompanied the struggle against the Fortuna Silver mine in Oaxaca<\/a> (PBI-Canada, February 28, 2025).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Educa Oaxaca has posted on their website: \u201cOn Wednesday, September 9th, leaders from the affected communities stood in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-459393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}