Court dismisses Ecuador mining referendum petition

The share prices of SolGold and Cornerstone Capital Resources rose sharply in Canada on Thursday afternoon, following an announcement that the Ecuador mining referendum petition had been dismissed.

TSX-V-listed Cornerstone, which is a partner in the significant Cascabel copper/gold project with Toronto- and London-listed SolGold, said in a statement that the Constitutional Court in Quito had dismissed the petition for a referendum on whether or not to allow the development to proceed.