Help to turn up the heat on HDI/Continental Minerals, a Canadian company that is preparing to begin operations at a massive mine site in Tibet.

Call the company's head office at 1-800-667-2114 or +1 604-684-6365 to call on HDI/Continental Minerals to immediately withdraw from Tibet.

Talking Points

Please be polite when you call and ask to speak with a representative of Continental Minerals. If a representative is not available, you can ask to leave a message.

• Under Chinese occupation, Tibetans are denied their internationally recognized right to determine the use of their land and resources.
• Until Tibetans can give their free, prior and informed consent to mine operations on their land, your company has no business profiting off Tibet's natural resources.
  
• Mining and other resource extraction projects are a key component of China's Western Development Strategy, which the Chinese government has openly admitted is politically motivated and a means of solidifying control over the region.
• Mine activities will bring more Chinese settlers into Tibet, further marginalizing Tibetans socially and economically, and posing a threat to the very survival of Tibetan culture and identity.
• Tibet is under military lockdown and any Tibetan who speaks out against Chinese government sponsored projects – like mine operations – risks arrest, imprisonment, and even death.
• Tibetans want development and an end to the decades of poverty they have endured under Chinese rule, but oppose projects that do not benefit local Tibetans, are environmentally destructive, and allow China to further consolidate control over their land. 
• Continental Minerals' mine operation is located very close to the Yarlung Tsangpo River, which is the main water source for Shigatse, Tibet's second largest city and other Tibetan communities living downstream.