Teck Resources "Canada’s largest diversified resource company" Is Sued Using Libertad Act

HEREDEROS DE ROBERTO GOMEZ CABRERA, LLC v. TECK RESOURCES LIMITED [1:20-cv-21630; Southern Florida District]

Hirzel Dreyfuss & Dempsey, PLLC (plaintiff)
Roig & Villarreal, P.A. (plaintiff)
Law Office of David A. Villarreal, P.A. (plaintiff)

Statement on 24 April 2020 from Teck Resources: “We are aware of the claim and are reviewing the matter with counsel. We will not comment further on an active litigation.”

LINK To Case Filing

Excerpts:

This is an action brought against pursuant to Title III of the Cuban Libertad and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (the “Libertad Act” or the “Act”), 22 U.S.C. § 6082, for the unlawful trafficking in property that was confiscated by the communist Cuban Government during the regime of Fidel Castro.

Specifically, Plaintiff seeks monetary damages to properly compensate for the unlawful and unauthorized mining activities and extraction of valuable minerals from the rich ore and mineral mines in the Sierra Maestra region of Cuba, in and around the town of El Cobre, Province of Oriente.

Prior to being confiscated by the communist Cuban Government, Roberto Gomez Cabrera, through his company Rogoca Minera, S.A., was the rightful owner and claimant to the following twenty-one mines located in or around the town of El Cobre, Province of Oriente, Republic of Cuba:

a) Mina Grande;
b) Demasia Mina Grande;
c) Roberston;
d) Jueves Santo;
e) Gitanilla;
f) Lizzie;
g) Demasia de la mina Lizzie;
h) Estrella;
i) Capitana;
j) Maria Luisa;
k) Cristina;
l) Cobrera;
m) Trewinse;
n) Santa Rita;
o) Demasia de la Mina Maria Luisa;
p) Perla;
q) Resurrecion;
r) Preferencia;
s) Demasia de la mina Preferencia;
t) Ruinas Grandes; and
u) Reconstruccion.

The above-identified mining concessions total in size of approximately 253 Hectares or 624.91 Acres.