Media Advisory - Mexican Landowners to Appear at Excellon Resources Shareholders Meeting in Toronto

Concerns over lack of transparency, human rights and labour violations

TORONTO, May 30, 2012 /CNW/ - Communal landowners from Mexico are travelling to Toronto to demand resolution of a lack of transparency, abysmal community relations and labour rights violations in Mexico by Canadian mining company Excellon Resources.

The landowners, who own Excellon Resources shares, will appear at the company's shareholders meeting to demand immediate negotiations to resolve a host of serious concerns. Supporters including union and civil society allies will rally outside the shareholders meeting.

WHO:		Communal landowners from Mexico
WHAT:		Attending shareholders meeting of Canadian mining company Excellon Resources
WHERE:		Bay-Adelaide Centre, 333 Bay St., Toronto
WHEN:		May 31, 2012, 10 a.m.

 

Christopher Bonoit, ProDesc (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Project in Mexico), (tel) [phone], [email protected];
Jennifer Moore, Latin America Program Coordinator, MiningWatch Canada
613-569-3439, [email protected];
Daniel Pacheco, "La Sierrita" Ejido,  416-876-2502 (c);
Laura Ramirez, United Steelworkers, 416-544-5961, 416-876-2502 (c), [email protected].