We need your 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. 

Tibetans and their supporters in Canada have intesified pressure on the company. Protests were held this past weekend in Vancouver, Canada and further protests are planned.

Tomorrow, June 24th is HDI/Continental Minerals annual shareholders' meeting. YOU can help ensure that the company hears opposition from Tibetans and supporters globally.

TAKE ACTION! 

1) Send a letter to David Copeland, CEO of Continental Minerals, a subsidiary of Hunter Dickinson Inc.

2) Call the company's head office at 1-800-667-2114 or +1 604-684-6365 to voice your opposition to HDI/Continental Minerals' Tibet operations. Click here for helpful talking points. 

3) Post SFT's Stop Mining Tibet logo on your social networking site, website, and blog. 

4) Change your Facebook profile picture and Twitter avatar to the Stop Mining Tibet logo and encourage others to take action on your twitterfeed and status update.

5) Post a comment on SFT's Facebook fan page about your interaction with the company after you call to voice your opposition to the project.

6) Download a sample letter, personalize it, and fax or mail it to HDI/Continental Minerals. 

And, don't forget to visit: www.StopMiningTibet.org. If you're on Facebook, check out SFT's fan page for updates on this global action. 

Now is a critical time to stop HDI/Continental Minerals in its tracks – before it launches full-scale operations for gold, silver, and copper in Shethongmon, central Tibet. With a proposed lifespan of 14 years, the mine will irreversibly disrupt the lives of Tibetans in the area. The mine is located dangerously close to the Yarlung Tsangpo river, which is the main water source for Shigatse, Tibet's second largest city and many other Tibetan towns and villages. 

Even as Tibet remains under military lockdown, we're hearing incredible reports of Tibetans risking arrest, imprisonment, and even death to protest devastating resource extraction operations on their land. By stepping up the pressure on HDI/Continental Minerals, we can help stop foreign companies and the Chinese government from profiting off the Tibetan people's land and help protect Tibet's fragile environment for generations to come. 

Source:  Students for a Free Tibet