EX-23.6 10 exh236.htm EXHIBIT 23.6 Corriente Resources Inc: Exhibit 23.6 - Prepared by TNT Filings Inc.

Exhibit 23.6

Consent of Jay Collins

Reference is made to the:

Panantza & San Carlos Project Preliminary Assessment Report, dated October 30, 2007 and titled "PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT REPORT, PANANTZA & SAN CARLOS COPPER PROJECT, Morona – Santiago, Ecuador"; and

Mirador Project Feasibility Study Report, dated April 23, 2008 and titled "MIRADOR COPPER-GOLD PROJECT, 30,000 TPD FEASIBILITY STUDY, Zamora-Chinchipe Province Ecuador"

(collectively, the "Technical Reports").

The undersigned hereby consents to references to its name and references to and excerpts from the Technical Reports in the Annual Report on Form 40-F of Corriente Resources Inc. to be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission for the company’s 2008 Fiscal Year.

Dated this 23rd day of March 2009.

/S/ Jay Collins                            
Jay Collins, P.Eng