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Continental Minerals, a Canadian subsidiary of Hunter Dickinson Inc, based in Vancouver, is currently conducting exploratory drilling in Shethongmon, near Shigatse, the second largest city in Tibet. Under Chinese occupation, Tibetans are unable to determine the use of their own natural resources, especially non renewable resources like gold and copper. The Chinese government is aggressively promoting Tibet to foreign mining firms as a means to strip the country of its resources, while consolidating control over the region by moving increasing numbers of Chinese settlers into Tibet to work on these projects.

With weak rule of law in Tibet and China, mining projects are socially, ecologically and economically destructive. Gold mining is a process that is particularly destructive to local environments for a number of reasons including the chemicals used in processing - usually cyanide or arsenic - and the sheer volume of waste rock left behind. The Shethongmon site is located very close to the Yarlung Tsangpo River, which is the main water source for Shigatse and other Tibetan communities living downstream.

SFT Canada is calling on Hunter Dickinson/Continental to immediately cease all operations and withdraw from Tibet. Please send a letter now to Continental CEO, Gerard Panneton, voicing your opposition to the project.