Yes, of course you can own precious metals here. This is a major gold-producing country. Bringing precious metals in is another matter. What you always have to understand in Ecuador is there are laws, but the person you are standing in front of gets to interpret those laws. Given that reality, bringing in anything beyond minimal amounts value-wise just isn’t worth the risk.
You can bring in up to 10k worth at a time, I believe. For more info, you can email our friend David DeChambeau (ddechambeau@yahoo.com) who knows more about all this….