Kinross (K.to) (KGC) in Ecuador....and an owl

Owl first:

News second, via DJNW:

Ecuador's minister of nonrenewable natural resources said Thursday a final contract to allow Canadian gold-mining company Kinross Gold Corp. (KGC, K.T) to mine the Fruta del Norte deposit might not go through.
"The negotiations have been very difficult," Wilson Pastor told foreign journalists. "There is a possibility that a final contract won't be signed."

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