QUITO (Reuters) - Newly-installed Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso's pick to be the oil-producing country's next energy and mines minister withdre.
QUITO (Reuters) - Newly-installed Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso s pick to be the oil-producing country s next energy and mines minister withdrew from consideration on Friday, a week after resigning from the board of directors of a mining company.
Roberto Salas had served as vice president of private agroindustrial and real estate conglomerate Nobis Group before Lasso, a conservative, nominated him for the role shortly before taking office on May 24.
Salas had served on the board of Toronto-based Adventus Mining Corp, in which Nobis is a shareholder. Adventus, which is seeking to develop the El Domo - Curipamba copper and gold mine in the South American country, said in a May 25 statement that Salas resigned from its board on May 21.