Exhibit 23.2
FILED VIA EDGAR
CONSENT
TO: United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"),
AND TO: Corriente Resources Inc. ("Corriente")
Re: Corriente Resources Inc - Form 40-F for the year ended December 31, 2006
(the "Form 40-F")
UPDATE ON COPPER, GOLD AND SILVER RESOURCES AND PIT OPTIMIZATIONS
REPORT OF STEVEN RISTORCELLI, MINE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES INC., DATED
DECEMBER 6, 2005, IN RESPECT OF THE MIRADOR PROJECT, ECUADOR;
TECHNICAL REPORT UPDATE ON THE COPPER, GOLD AND SILVER RESOURCES AND
PIT OPTIMIZATIONS REPORT OF STEVEN RISTORCELLI, MINE DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATES INC., DATED MAY 18, 2006, IN RESPECT OF THE MIRADOR PROJECT,
ECUADOR; AND
TECHNICAL REPORT UPDATE ON THE COPPER, GOLD AND SILVER RESOURCES AND
PIT OPTIMIZATIONS: MIRADOR AND MIRADOR NORTE DEPOSITS REPORT OF STEVEN
RISTORCELLI, MINE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES INC., DATED NOVEMBER 30, 2006,
IN RESPECT OF THE MIRADOR PROJECT, ECUADOR
Dear Sirs/Mesdames:
Reference is made to the resource update reports dated December 6, 2005, May 18,
2006 and November 30, 2006, prepared for Corriente by Mine Development
Associates, Inc., entitled respectively, "Update on Copper, Gold and Silver
Resources and Pit Optimizations, Mirador Project, Ecuador," "Technical Report
Update on the Copper, Gold and Silver Resources and Pit Optimizations, Mirador
Project, Ecuador" and "Technical Report Update on the Copper, Gold and Silver
Resources and Pit Optimizations: Mirador and Mirador Norte Deposits,"
collectively, the "Technical Reports."
The undersigned hereby consents to the inclusion of the above Technical Reports,
our name and references to and excerpts from the Technical Reports in the Form
40-F and through incorporation by reference into the Form 40-F, to be filed with
the SEC.
Date: March 30, 2007
MINE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.
/s/ Steven Ristorcelli
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Steven Ristorcelli, P. Geo., C.P.G.
775-856-5700
210 South Rock Blvd.
Reno, Nevada 89502
FAX: 775-856-6053