Goldcorp’s Peñasquito mine continues to work towards a negotiated land claim settlement with Cerro Gordo Ejidos
Goldcorp Inc. today announced the filing of a claim in the First District Court in Zacatecas by Minera Peñasquito that resulted in the temporary suspension of an agrarian court ruling. The hearing for a permanent suspension will be held on June 27, 2013. The agrarian court ruling relates to a claim by the Cerro Gordo Ejido that challenged surface land rights to 600 hectares (approximately 1,483 acres) of land located in Mazapil, Mexico and within the confines of the Peñasquito mine site. The ruling purports to nullify Goldcorp’s lease of the surface land and orders the land returned to the Cerro Gordo Ejido for payment of 2.4 million pesos.