On January 23rd, 2011, a group of approximately 25 Tibetans and Tibetan supporters came together for the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference to stand up against mining companies who are currently active inside of Tibet and to make investors aware about the downsides to supporting the wealth extraction out of Tibet.
Students for a Free Tibet Vancouver and Victoria teamed up to put on the rally which included a few members going inside of the conference to speak directly to Vancouver-based Lara Exploration and delivering a letter on behalf of SFT Canada urging them to immediately withdraw from their operations in Malho Prefecture (Ch: Huangnen Prefecture) in Eastern Tibet (Amdo Region). The company representative said Lara Exploration was looking to sell their Tibetan operations.
