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Viewing cable 08QUITO315, ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: WORLD CLASS GOLD DEPOSIT,

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08QUITO315 2008-04-04 11:02 2011-05-02 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Quito
VZCZCXYZ0034
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHQT #0315/01 0951102
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 041102Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY QUITO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8704
INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 7477
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 2970
RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ APR LIMA 2523
RUEHGL/AMCONSUL GUAYAQUIL 3464
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
UNCLAS QUITO 000315 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
TREASURY FOR MEWENS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON EMIN ELAB EINV EC
SUBJECT: ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY:  WORLD CLASS GOLD DEPOSIT, 
SUBCONTRACTING BANNED, TAX LAW, SUPERMARKET DISCOUNTS 
 
REF: QUITO 307 
 
1.  (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that 
reports notable developments that are not reported by individual 
cables. 
 
Mining Developments 
------------------- 
 
2. (U) The press reported for the first time on March 14 that 
Aurelian Resources (Canada) had discovered the world's largest gold 
deposit in southeastern Ecuador.  Post is aware of this from 
contacts with the Canadian embassy; the deposit reportedly holds 
just over 13 million ounces of gold and 22.4 million ounces of 
silver. 
 
3.  (SBU) A contact at another mining company told us that Aurelian 
is looking for a buyer for its concession.  Perhaps in a related 
move, the U.S. office of the South African mining company Gold Field 
requested a meeting with the Embassy to review the mining and 
investment climate, but postponed their visit because of the 
"current political situation in Ecuador." 
 
4.  (SBU) According to industry contacts and officials at the 
Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, the government is attempting to 
renegotiate contracts with the four largest foreign mining companies 
in Ecuador, including Aurelian.  A key element of the renegotiation 
would be royalty payments (which are not required by current law). 
A ministry of Mines official told us that the government is looking 
at royalties in the range of five percent of gross revenue.  He 
claimed that three of the four companies had made contract 
proposals. 
 
Assembly to Eliminate Subcontracting 
------------------------------------ 
 
5. (U) The Constituent Assembly has announced that it is working on 
a mandate to eliminate subcontracting and hourly contracts (reftel). 
 The Assembly cites its aim as improving workers' rights.  Almost 
435,000 employees in Ecuador hold third-party contracts (due 
primarily to complicated labor regulations), and over eighty percent 
work in the private sector. 
 
6. (U) Pilar Moncayo of the National Subcontractors' Federation says 
eliminating third party contracts will bring an immediate jump in 
Ecuador's unemployment and underemployment rates.  Industry sources 
note that better regulating third-party subcontractors would be a 
more effective solution.  Minister of Labor, Antonio Gagliardo, 
defended the Assembly's resolution, saying it would not harm 
national production. 
 
Revisions to New Tax Law 
------------------------ 
 
7. (U) On March 25, following a meeting with President Correa and 
several inquiries from the private sector, Ecuador's Internal 
Revenue Service (SRI) announced the revision of five parts of the 
new tax law.  Changes will be made to the value added tax (VAT), tax 
on currency outflows, income tax, special consumption tax, leasing 
depreciation rates and taxes on leasing contracts, although details 
of the changes have not been made public. 
 
8. (U) Representatives from the productive sector welcomed the 
decision, saying that the GOE had taken note of their requests. 
 
GOE Combats Rising Cost of Groceries 
------------------------------------ 
 
9. (U) To minimize the impact of price increases on food staples, 
the GOE and several private supermarkets introduced on March 22 the 
Partner Saving Plan.  The GOE will partner with three private 
companies to give beneficiaries an 8% discount on purchases of $60 
at Aki, Tia and Mi Comisariato supermarkets beginning April 7. 
Beneficiaries will be drawn from those that currently receive the 
government's "Human Development Bond" (a targeted income transfer 
for the poor).  As part of the plan, the GOE plans to give micro 
credits to 130,000 small and medium grocery stores. 
 
10. (U) On March 26, the GOE signed an agreement with milk producers 
to produce a new low cost line of powdered milk.  In addition, 
Correa has announced that the GOE will continue to seek agreements 
with other private companies to produce low cost lines of basic 
consumer goods.  The government will use the National Development 
 
Bank (Banco Nacional de Fomento) to subsidize the sale of 40,000 
tons of imported rice; the first deliveries were made in Quito on 
April 2, although some expectant purchasers complained that they 
were not on the list of beneficiaries. 
 
11.  (SBU)  Comment:  the government appears to be shifting from its 
initial tendency to impose controls (for example, price controls on 
milk and an export ban on rice), and is working with the private 
sector to cooperatively develop more targeted programs to help poor 
consumers.  It remains to be seen which tendency will prevail if 
food prices continue to rise, which they probably will.  End 
comment. 
 
JEWELL