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NEW REPORT: Red Water: Mining and the Right to Water in Porgera, Papua New GuineaApril 4, 2019READ Full Report here.READ Fact Sheet here. Communities living near an industrial gold mine in Porgera, Papua New Guinea (PNG),... -
The Marcopper mine spill and the unending wait for justiceApril 2, 2019Nikko Dizon, VERA Files(First of two parts) A run-down office building inside the Marcopper mining area, abandoned in 1997, after...
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Pakistan military eyes key role developing giant copper and gold mineMarch 11, 2019Drazen Jorgic PB EDITORS NOTE: The Reko Diq mine was once a Barrick project, and has always been controversial as...
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Mourn the Victims of Peter Munk: Confront Barrick GoldApril 5, 2018The media’s response to the death of Peter Munk – valourizing a man responsible for countless deaths, widespread sexual... -
As Mining Companies in Africa Make Billions, Children Are Left IlliterateFebruary 1, 2018Those who can least afford to pay the heaviest price. By Vijay Prashad / AlterNet Zambia is a rich country with... -
Fighting for Their Water and Their Lives, Communities Take Direct Action Against Barrick Gold in the Dominican RepublicNovember 30, 2017By Klaire Gain, Upside Down World “El agua vale mas que oro,” or in English “Water is worth more than... -
Pobladores de comunidades de Jangas bloquean vía de acceso a mina PierinaNovember 1, 2017by Javier Urbano Gómez, Ancash Noticias El jefe de la División Policial de Huaraz, anunció que desde el 20 de octubre...
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Activists want rights abuses included in Tanzania, Acacia Mining talksOctober 29, 2017Tanzania President Should Insist Barrick Gold Resolves Rights Abuses at Acacia’s North Mara Mine by Rights and Accountability in Development...
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Hospital needs funds to re-openSeptember 17, 2017Post Courier, National News The Paiam hospital at Porgera in the Enga province has been closed for almost one year... -
Correspondence with Acacia Mining re: Use of Force by Mine Security at the North Mara Gold Mine, Tanzania.August 29, 2017by Mining Watch These letters represent an exchange between MiningWatch Canada and RAID-UK and Acacia Mining plc. detailing ongoing concerns...
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Canada Just Can't Quit Its Most Abusive Mining CompanyAugust 4, 2017Yves Engler, Huffington Post Barrick's African subsidiary, Acacia Mining, is embroiled in a major political conflict in the east African... -
Barrick gets called out as sirens sound red alert at Pueblo Viejo mineApril 25, 2017By Klaire Gain, Media Coop At Barrick Gold's annual general meeting today, Brock University masters student Klaire Gain took the...
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Mining violence survivors demand justice in TorontoApril 25, 2017By Elizabeth McSheffrey , National Observer Everlyn Gaupe says she could have outrun their attackers but her little sister could not. She...
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Argentinian judge leads inquiry that could shut down Canadian mineApril 24, 2017Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold is once again in hot water in Argentina. A federal judge in Buenos Aires is... -
We Believe Survivors of Barrick GoldApril 16, 2017Every year, ProtestBarrick and supporters gather outside the Annual General Meeting of Canadian mining giant Barrick gold, to amplify the... -
Convocatoria Abierta - Manifestación a la Mina VeladeroApril 12, 2017On the 12th April 2017, the peoples of San Juan, Argentina blocked the route to Veladero Gold Mine after... -
10 Years of Protesting Barrick GoldApril 6, 2017BY SAKURA SAUNDERS, Now Magazine This year marks the 10th time I've organized a protest against Barrick Gold at the...
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Argentina suspends Canada's Barrick mining over spillMarch 31, 2017AFP | 7News Barrick said Wednesday that a pipeline at its Veladero gold and silver mine had sprung a leak... -
Police killed 65, injured 270 at Barrick mine in Tanzania, inquiry hearsMarch 24, 2017by GEOFFREY YORK, Globe and Mail Tanzanian police have killed 65 people and injured 270 during years of sporadic clashes with...
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World Bank tribunal rules against Pakistan in Reko Diq project caseMarch 21, 2017Article by Dawn.com An arbitration tribunal of the World Bank's International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has ruled...
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Argentinian town not thrilled with Trudeau visit after Canadian mining disasterNovember 23, 2016By Anne Caroline Desplanques, National Observer If Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was expecting a red carpet welcome during his visit...
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119 Indigenous Women Demand Justice from Barrick Gold at UN Forum in GenevaNovember 16, 2016News Release | MiningWatch Canada Download Letter from Porgera Women to 2016 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights Tired of... -
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Violence at Canadian-owned mines turns up heat on Trudeau to create new standardsOctober 31, 2016By Elizabeth McSheffrey in News, Energy | Rape, shootings, beatings, burnings — there are very few forms of violence that have not been... -
Tanzanian Government Investigation Receives Hundreds of Reports of Violence and Deaths at North Mara Gold MineSeptember 22, 2016by Mining Watch For the first time, the Tanzanian Government has acknowledged the scale of violence surrounding the North Mara...
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Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold fired whistleblower. Then it spilled cyanide into five riversJune 25, 2016By Elizabeth McSheffrey, National Observer Toronto-based mining giant, Barrick Gold, spilled cyanide solution into five Argentina rivers shortly after firing an engineer...
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Barrick Gold rules: horror stories from the frontlineMay 10, 2016"We are asking Barrick to feel compassion for us. We are not asking for the little money they will...
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Activists Crash a Shareholders Meeting to Raise Issues of Rape at the Company’s MinesApril 26, 2016By Hilary Beaumont, Vice News Four activists crashed the annual general meeting of the world's biggest gold mining company on...
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Raped by Canadian Gold Mine Guards, These Women Are Looking for JusticeNovember 19, 2015By Hilary Beaumont, Vice News Mona, who was pregnant with her first child, collected rocks from the ground at a Canadian...
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Taking on Bay Streets Mining GiantsMay 31, 2015by: Sakura Saunders, Now Toronto PHOTO: Allan Lissner Chile indigenous leader Sergio Campusano outside Barrick Gold AGM in Toronto last month. The...
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200 girls and women raped: now 11 of them win better compensation from the world's biggest gold minerApril 4, 2015Out-of-court settlement prevents human rights group EarthRights International filing a lawsuit against Barrick Gold in the United States. by Rick...
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John Baird strikes gold with BarrickMarch 31, 2015Whether former foreign affairs minister's appointment to the board of mining giant is payment for past political favours or...
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Dominican activists call mining projects as ‘new form of colonialism’January 28, 2015Threat of mining pollution at Loma Miranda mountain inspires movement calling for area to be designated a national park by... -
Mine expansion may threaten Nevada's largest deer herdJanuary 7, 2015Mine expansion may threaten Nevada's largest deer herd by Jeff DeLong, RGJ, Reno Gazette Journal The planned expansion of a major gold mine...
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June 18, 2014Barrick Gold Unit Is Accused of Bribery in Africa Mining Firm Doles Out $400,000 in Cash to Officials, Others; Company...
