Forced Evictions at Barrick’s North Mara Gold Mine: Report details gross violations of human rights in Tanzania

Today, MiningWatch Canada releases a report describing gross violations of human rights at Barrick Gold’s North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania. Thousands of Indigenous Kuria near the mine have been forcibly evicted from their lands to make room for the mine’s expansion. Most people were evicted in December 2022, with the remaining families losing their homes and lands in August and September of 2023.
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MiningWatch Canada

Indigenous Organization Opposes Sale of Controversial Warintza Mining Project in Ecuadorian Amazon

(Sucúa/Quito/Ottawa) On the 20th of November, the Pueblo Shuar Arutam (PSHA) released a public statement rejecting the Warintza mining project and its possible sale.

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MiningWatch Canada – Shuar Arutam People (PSHA) – Amazon Watch – WITNESS

Sayona Mining Must Equitably Share with Indigenous Peoples

(Nitakinan, Canada) The Anishinabeg Chiefs and Councils of Lac Simon and Abitibiwinni wish to announce that they will be attending (virtually) the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Sayona Mining Limited "Sayona" (ASX:SYA; OTCQB: SYAXF) taking place in Australia at 10:00am on November 30th (Brisbane time) in order to remind shareholders and potential investors in Sayona's combined "North American Lithium-Authier" megaproject in Quebec that no mining or refining project is possible in Canada without obtaining a social license from Indigenous People (First Nations).

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The Abitibiwinni First Nation Council and the Lac Simon First Nation Council

Mining claim 'boom' pits prospectors against public in suburban Gatineau

Alistair Steele, CBC News

The head of a Montreal-based mineral exploration company is reassuring hundreds of residents of Gatineau, Que., that it has no immediate plans to mine for phosphate, a vital and increasingly sought-after component of electric car batteries, in the ground beneath their homes.

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CBC News
Key Issues

BC Lags on Key Commitment as Environmental Assessment Act Turns Five Years Old

Environmental groups call on the BC government to deliver on its long-delayed promise to establish a public participation funding program for environmental assessments

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MiningWatch Canada – Northwest Institute – Sierra Club BC – SkeenaWild – West Coast Environmental Law Association – Wildsight

The Shuar Arutam People Reiterate Opposition to the Warintza Project After Announced Advanced Exploration

The Shuar Arutam People ratify its opposition to the Warintza mining project in response to a public announcement about advanced exploration and attempts to seek additional investments to expand a project that has not undergone a consultation process 

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Pueblo Shuar Arutam - PSHA

Launch of the First Citizen's Guide on the Impacts of Mining

(Quebec City) Today, Eau Secours, the Coalition Québec meilleure mine (QMM), and MiningWatch Canada released a first-of-its-kind guide addressing the impacts of mining activities on water, designed specifically to support collective action.

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MiningWatch Canada – Eau Secours – Coalition Québec meilleure mine

Impacts of Mining Activities on Water: A technical and legislative guide to support collective action

In Quebec, the media often singles out the mining industry for being a repeat offender. This reputation stems from the bad practices of certain mine developers who have abandoned contaminated mine sites and left Quebec residents on the hook for billions of dollars for restoration, turned rivers red for dozens of kilometres, or have used lakes as dumping grounds for the tailings from iron ore processing plants.

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