Royalties Inc. escalates criminal investigation at Cozamin Mine
Canada NewsWire
TORONTO , Aug. 20, 2026 /CNW/ -- Royalties Inc.'s (CSE: RI) (OTCID: ROYIF) or "the Company ") 88% owned subsidiary, Minera Portree de Zacatecas, S.A. de C.V. (MPZ) filed a criminal lawsuit against Raul Gonzalez in 2022 for the possible criminal liability in the "sale of property belonging to another" ("vente de cosa ajena") ie attempting to transfer the ownership of a 2% royalty on the Portree claims to Capstone Copper Corp.'s (Capstone) (TSX: CS) Cozamin copper-silver mine. https://capstonecopper.com/operations/cozamin/ . As previous requests and court ordered site visits have been blocked by Capstone, MPZ's lawyers recently escalated this criminal lawsuit by filing a request for detailed evidence of historical production including underground mine maps, 3D block models, metallurgical balances, grades, concentrate weighing reports and payment data, invoices, etc on each of the five Portree claims at the Cozamin mine. The formal request was filed at the Public Prosecutor's Office of the State of Zacatecas in the Specialized Unit for the Investigation of the Crime of Fraud re Case file CUI: 9367-UEI-FRAU-2022, against Raúl González Anaya for alleged fraudulent administration and specific fraud to the detriment of MPZ.
The submission demands that the Public Prosecutor compel Capstone Gold, S.A. de C.V. — the Mexican operating subsidiary of Capstone Copper Corp to produce fourteen categories of confidential underground mine documents, and separately compels Metagri, S.A. de C.V. (the Mexico City-based concentrate trading intermediary) to produce all payment records, pro forma settlements, bills of lading, and wire transfer receipts for concentrate sold from the five Portree mining concessions.
WHAT IS BEING DEMANDED — THE 14 DOCUMENT CATEGORIES
The formally filed submission demands production of the following documents,