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Barrick Under Global Pressure to Withdraw Conditions on Remedy for PNG Rape Victims
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Since January, 2013, MiningWatch Canada has raised concern about the fact that Barrick Gold is seeking legal immunity from victims of rape by mine security guards at the company’s Porgera Joint Venture Mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

Porgera Mine - Barrick, Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Papua New Guinea, Barrick Gold, Human Rights
OECD Complaint Filed Against ENRC Regarding Mining Communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Monday, May 13, 2013

News release: A complaint has been brought by Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID), a human rights organisation, concerning mining assets controlled by companies associated with ENRC in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), including Canadian company Africo Resources.

Africo Resources, Congo - Democratic Republic, Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility
Kamloops Physicians Demand Rigorous Health Study for KGHM's Ajax Project
Friday, May 10, 2013

A group of physicians from the city of Kamloops, British Columbia, are insisting on a rigorous assessment of the health impacts of the proposed Ajax Gold-Copper mine. They recently placed this ad in the local paper to help get their concerns out.

Canada, British Columbia, Environmental Planning, Environment, Health, Impact on Communities
Tahoe Resources Investor Alert Calls Guatemala Project a Dangerous Investment
Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Investor Alert: Today, the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA) and MiningWatch Canada warned Tahoe Resources investors against further investment in the Escobal silver project, given lack of community support and increasing violence and repression in the area.

Corporate Accountability, Guatemala, Human Rights, Goldcorp, Tahoe Resources
Algonquin Nations Call for Joint Review Panel for Rare Earths Project
Monday, May 6, 2013

(Kipawa, Quebec) Wolf Lake First Nation and Eagle Village First Nation are aware that the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) has initiated an environmental assessment of the proposed Kipawa Rare Earth Elements open pit mine. The proposed mine site is located within, and has the potential to significantly affect, the shared traditional territories of our two First Nations.

Canada, Rare Earths, Environmental Planning, Québec, Environmental Assessment, Indigenous Rights
Report Reveals How Canadian Diplomacy Supported Deadly Blackfire Mining Project
Monday, May 6, 2013

News release: Documents released from the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in response to a request under the access to information act reveal that Canadian authorities put public resources at the service of Calgary-based Blackfire Exploration despite connections with suspects in the murder of a local activist, mine suspension, and widely reported allegations of corruption.

Corporate Accountability, Mexico, Human Rights, Blackfire
‘We rent our land, not our dignity’
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Photo essay: Excellon Resources has become an unwelcome presence in the community of La Sierrita in Durango, Mexico as a result of its intransigence to address incompliance with its land use contract and violence against a three month peaceful protest during the summer of 2012.

Corporate Accountability, Mexico, Impact on Communities, Excellon
Mexican Landowners in Toronto to Demand Accountability from Excellon Resources for Abuses
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

News release: On Tuesday morning, communal landowners of the Ejido La Sierrita in Durango, Mexico attended Excellon Resources’ Annual General Meeting to testify to company mismanagement. Repeated attempts to dialogue with the company over incompliance with a land use agreement have failed and the Ejido has instead faced intimidation and violence against their protests.

Corporate Accountability, Mexico, Human Rights, Excellon
Barrick Seeks Immunity from Rape Victims at its Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

News release: Barrick Gold’s shareholder meeting today is the first since the company has started to implement a long-overdue remedy program for hundreds of alleged rape victims in Papua New Guinea. However, in return for individual benefit packages the women must provide Barrick legal immunity by signing an agreement never to sue the company for their rape.

Porgera Mine - Barrick, Corporate Accountability, Papua New Guinea, Barrick Gold, Human Rights
Groups Warn Infinito Gold re: Continued Threats Against Costa Rica Over Crucitas Gold Project
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

News release: (Ottawa) Eight Canadian organizations today sent a strongly worded letter to CEO John Morgan of Canadian mining company Infinito Gold, demanding that the company end its decade-long harassment of the people and the government of Costa Rica, and that it withdraw its April 4 threat to sue the small Central American country for US$1 billion if it is not allowed to build its Crucitas open-pit gold mine.

Corporate Accountability, Costa Rica, Corporate Social Responsibility, Infinito Gold

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