In a letter dated December 4, 2009, MiningWatch Research Coordinator Catherine Coumans detailed serious concerns with the Human Rights Impact Assessment for Goldcorp's Marlin mine in Guatemala, announced April 24, 2008 as a response to pressure from shareholder groups (see announcement, below). A followup letter was sent March 16, 2010. Shareholder initiatives should be carefully constructed so as not to harm the groups and communities they are supposed to be supporting.
15 December 2008, 4.08pm EST
