厄瓜多尔在其东南部与秘鲁交界的孔多尔山脉地区发现了两处巨大铜矿 ,据初步估计 ,其储量分别在百万吨以上。厄瓜多尔能源和矿业部证实 ,这两个铜矿分别由加拿大的一家矿业公司和英国的一家矿业公司在各自作业的地区发现的。这两家公司分别于 1 999年和 1 997年开始在租赁的区 Ecuador discovered two huge copper mines in the Kongor Mountains, where the southeastern part of the Congo border with Peru, which, according to preliminary estimates, has reserves of more than one million tonnes each. The Ecuadorian Ministry of Energy and Mines confirmed that the two copper mines were found in separate operations by a mining company in Canada and a mining company in the United Kingdom, respectively. The two companies started leasing in 1999 and 1997, respectively