Exhibit 23.2


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MINE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES
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MINE ENGINEERING SERVICES


FILED VIA EDGAR

                                     CONSENT

TO:      United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"),

AND TO:  Corriente Resources Inc. ("Corriente")

Re: Corriente Resources Inc. - Annual Report on Form 40-F for the year ended
                               December 31, 2005 (the "Annual Report")

        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


Dear Sirs/Mesdames:

Reference is made to the resource update report dated December 6, 2005,
prepared for Corriente by Mine Development Associates, Inc., entitled "Update
on Copper, Gold and Silver Resources and Pit Optimizations, Mirador Project,
Ecuador" (the "Technical Report").

The undersigned hereby consents to the inclusion of the Technical Report, our
name and references to and excerpts from the Technical Report in both the
Annual Report and through incorporation by reference into the Annual Report,
to be filed with the SEC.


Date:  March 31, 2006


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
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