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consult the legal work attempted by Minca
since 1964 until 1999
in the defense of the rigths of the mining contract for the development in Las Cristinas 4,5,6 and 7. |
| December 23, 1999 |
MINCA requests to MEM the Mining Conversion of the contracts: Minerva, Esperanza, Cristi, Rosalba and Yusmari.
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| December, 1999 |
Mael's a lawsuit (for second time) against the Republic of Venezuela and CVG seeking to void certain agreements executed by them. |
| September 1999 – April 2000 |
Preparation of the Stage development project (Phoenix Project), which was not approved. |
| July, 1999 |
Second suspension of the Construction activities due to drop of the gold prices in the international market. From US$400 x OZ in 1996, US $278 x OZ in 1998 to US$250 in 1998. |
| May, 1999 |
Restart of Construction of the Mine. |
| April, 1999 |
CVG transfers the Cooper concessions to MINCA after the approval of MEM. |
| July 1998 - February 1999 |
Working for financing. |
| June, 1998 |
The Supreme Court of Justice in the Political Administrative Chamber declares inadmissible the resources attempted by Mael for lack of genuineness and expiration of the lapse to attempt it, and confirms the rights that possesses the MEM and the CVG on Las Cristinas, and the genuineness of MINCA as operator of the contract, and decides to continue the Project. |
| January, 1998 |
First suspension of the project because of Mael's lawsuit. |
| August, 1997 |
Environmental Permit for the Construction of the Mine (permiso para la afectación del Territorio para la Construción). Beginning of the construction of the Construction Camp. |
| July 22, 1997 |
Mael appeals the decision of the Court of Substantiation of the Political Administrative Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice. |
| July 15, 1997 |
Trial Court of the Political Administrative Chamber declares Inadmissible the Nullity Action of the Resolutions number 096 and 142 dictated by the MEM that declared the extinction and cancellation of the Concessions Cristina 4 and 6, and admits Nullity Action on the Copper Concessions contained in the Resolutions Nos. 249, 251, 253 and 255 of the mining titles granted to the CVG of the Concessions Cristina 4 and 6. |
| June 26, 1997 |
MEM ratifies approval of the Feasibility Study. |
| May 15, 1997 |
It was published in Official Gazette of the Republic of Venezuela N° 5.146 Extraordinary, the Sentence of the Political Administrative Chamber of the Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice, for which was ordered the publication of the Sentence of May 1991, that declared with place the resource of nullity for illegality interposed by Investor Mael against the Resolution N° 29, also ordered the publication in Official Gazette of the Official Warning, relative to the cession of the mining concessions Cristina 4 and Cristina 6. |
| April 15, 1997 |
The Political Administrative Chamber of the Venezuelan Supreme Court ordered the mandatory execution of theSentence dictated on 9 May of 1991 and the publication in Official Gazette of the Republic of Venezuela of: (i) the Sentence of the Supreme Court of May 9 1991; (ii) the Sentence of the Supreme Court of October 16 1996; (iii) this same Sentence (April 15 1997): and (iv) the document of sale of the rights and actions to the concessions on Las Cristinas 4 and Cristinas 6 made among Ramón Torres and Investor Mael. |
| April, 1997 |
Inversora Mael (Crytalex's subsidiary) files the first lawsuit against MEM for supposed rights over Las Cristinas 4 and 6. MINCA enters as a third interested party. |
| March, 1997 |
Crystallex buys Inversora Mael C.A. |
| December 3, 1996 |
Ministerio de Energía y Minas (MEM) grants CVG the Cooper concession for Las Cristinas 4, 5, 6 and 7. |
| August, 1996 |
Feasibility Study is approved by CVG. |
| 1994 |
Beginning of the stage of feasibility with the realization of the EIA (Ambio Consult), EISE and the Study of Small Mining. |
| April 26, 1993 |
Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales (MARN) (Environmental Ministry) grants the permit for Land Use (Permiso de Ocupación del Territorio). Initiation of the exploration. |
| March 4, 1992 |
Contract between Corporación Venezolana de Guayana (CVG) and Minera Las Cristinas, C.A. (MINCA) for the exploration, development and exploitation of ore in Las Cristinas. |
| January 24, 1992 |
Minca was incorporated. |
| October 18, 1991 |
The Superior Civil Court partially homologated the above legal agreement, and stated that only the transaction related to the waivers was homologated since the Trial Court had already annulled the assignments of Las Cristinas, and such decisions was finally firm. Therefore, it was firmly established that Inversora Mael was never the holder of the title on the concessions of Las Cristinas. |
| October 17, 1991 |
Ramon Torres, Inversora Mael and CVG executed an agreement which finished the Appeals for Annulment sought by Inversora Mael, and the parties declared they had nothing to claim on this matter. |
| May 09, 1991 |
The MEM denied to Inversora Mael the possibility to publish in the Official Gazette the assignment of rights on Las Cristinas made by Ramón Torres to Inversora Mael. Inversora Mael submitted an Appeal for Annulment and the SCJ ordered the publishing of the assignment. The SCJ was not informed about the decision made in 1991. |
| May 09, 1991 |
Ramón Torres, Inversora Mael and CVG entered into an agreement in which Inversora Mael stated that it had nothing to claim on Las Cristinas and that it waived any present or future legal action about those concessions. On the other hand, CVG delivered other mining areas to Inversora Mael and exonerated it from paying certain obligations related to such areas. |
| February 6, 1991 |
The Third Trial Court in Civil Matters for the Federal District and the State of Miranda annulled the assignments of the title on Las Cristinas made by Angel Adrianza and Ramon Torres, and later by Ramon Torres to Inversora Mael. The Court stated that the only and legitimate holder of the concessions was Mrs. Dot Culver Whitney Lemon, now deceased.
The Court also annulled the assignments made between Mr. Torres and Mr. Adrianza, since they were made without the necessary power of attorney to make the assignments, since Mrs. Dot Culver Whitney Lemmon revoked the power of attorney to Mr. Adrianza on April 7, 1986, and this latter assigned the concessions to Ramon Torres on April 16, 1986.
The same decision also stated that the purported rights alleged by Inversora Mael in Las Cristinas did not have any basis, and in addition, the Ministry declared such concessions lapsed in 1989. |
| February 07, 1989 |
The MEM published a resolution revoking the concession titles, since the 25 year term had elapsed. In the same resolution, the MEM rejected the request from Mael that the titles were granted to it, since the outstanding taxes had not been paid, and since they lacked the qualification to make such request, since the estate of Dot Culver Whitney Lemon had the first option to renew the rights. |
| October 26, 1988 |
Mael brought an action for annulment against the decision of the MEM not to publish the assignment, and it had a favourable decision. |
| April 14, 1988 |
The MEM announced that it would not publish the assignment from Torres to Mael, since Torres never informed the MEM about the assignment made by Dot Culver Whitney Lemmon to Morales. |
| June 20, 1986 |
Mrs. Dot Culver Whitney Lemon died. She left no heirs, and her properties passed to be administered by a curator, who asked for the annulment of the transactions between Morales and Torres, and between Torres and Mael , C.A. |
| May 14, 1986 |
Torres made a document transferring all of his rights on Las Cristinas 4 and 6 to Inversora Mael , C.A. , and he was one of the Directors of said company. |
| April 16, 1986 |
Lawyer Jesus Angel Adrianza Morales, purportedly acting in representation of Dot Culver Whitney Lemon, made a transaction assigning the rights on the concessions of Las Cristinas 4 and 6 to Ramón Torres. |
| April 15, 1986 |
Lawyer Rodolfo Rodrigo Schmidt assigned to Ramón Torres, a miner of that area, a credit for Bs. 259,000 he had with Mrs. Dot Culver Whitney Lemon due to professional fees not paid by this latter. The price of such assignment was Bs. 50,000. In such way, from that date on, the creditor of Mr. Lemon was Mr. Torres. |
| April 7, 1986 |
Mrs. Dot Culver Whitney Lemon revoked the Power of Attorney to Jesus Angel Adrianza Morales in the same Notary Office where the original document was recorded. The Notary Public wrote a marginal note evidencing the annulment of said Power of Attorney. |
| September 04, 1985 |
Mrs. Dot Culver Whitney Lemon granted a Power of Attorney to Jesus Angel Adrianza Morales, a local attorney who promised to represent her interests in the concessions of Las Cristinas. |
| May 15, 1984 |
A notification for professional fees made by lawyer Rodolfo Rodrigo Schmidt was declared firm by the First Trial Court in Civil Matters for the Judicial Circuit of the Federal District and the State of Miranda , in the same record as the Claim against Grossi Gatti. Such claim was brought by lawyer Rodolfo Rodrigo Schmidt in representation of Mrs. Lemon. Such amount was not paid by Mrs. Lemon, and in that way, lawyer Schmidt was converted from the initial attorney of Mrs. Lemon into her creditor. |
| March 07, 1984 |
Lawyer Rodolfo Rodrigo Schmidt, since his professional fees were not paid for the services he had provided to Mrs. Dot Culver Whitney Lemon in such claim estimated in Bs. 259,000, he legally notified and demanded from Mrs. Dot Culver Whitney Lemon to pay such fees. |
| June 16, 1982 |
Dot Culver Whitney Lemon sued Mr. Grossi Gatti before the First Trial Court in Civil Matters for the Judicial Circuit of theFederal District and the State of Miranda due to termination of an agreement. Such action was brought through her attorney, lawyer Rodolfo Rodrigo Schmidt. |
| 1968 |
Dot Culver Whitney Lemon entered into a lease agreement for the exploitation of the concession of Las Cristinas with Mr. Amalfi Grossi Gatti. |
| Augustu 27, 1964 |
A Resolution of the Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons in which Mrs. Dot Culver Whitney Lemon is granted an alluvial gold concession in Las Cristinas 6 for a term of 25 years is published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Venezuela. |
| February 6, 1964 |
A Resolution of the Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons in which Mrs. Dot Culver Whitney Lemon is granted alluvial gold concessions in Las Cristinas 4, 5 and 7 for a term of 25 years is published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Venezuela. |
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