MiningWatch Canada has responded to the threat of a libel and defamation suit from Grant Stapon on behalf of TVI with a letter from our lawyer, Brian MacLeod Rogers: MiningWatch Canada re TVI Pacific Inc.

This presentation by Catherine Coumans, Ph.D discusses:

1. “No Go” Zones for Mining
2. Environmental concerns associated with mining (water and soil)
3. Mining companies’ inappropriate involvement in developing and changing legislation that affects them

A case study by independent researcher Peter McCaslin.

"In the case of Tambogrande, for the first time there was a very clear and direct confrontation between agricultural and mining development." Case study by CooperAcción.

(Taken from “Exile of the Cóndor: Transnational Hegemony on the Border: the Mining Treaty Between Chile and Argentina” – Moon, Padilla and Alcayata, Santiago, 2004)

Pascua Lama is a mining project consisting of the open-pit exploitation of a deposit of gold, silver and copper ore and its processing...

The prestigious international law firm Heller Ehrman, acting on behalf of DECOIN, notified Chris Werner of Ascendant Holdings of improper activities in conjunction with the Junín mining project. The letter requests “Ascendant’s assistance in ensuring that the process of determining the future path...

[The following text is excerpted from the proceedings of the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Development of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade. March 23, 2005. The entire transcript may be found at: http://www.parl.gc.ca/committee...

MiningWatch Canada received a letter from Grant Stapon at Bennett Jones, a law firm representing TVI Pacific. The letter threatens possible litigation against MiningWatch Canada, the board of directors, and Catherine Coumans.

MadreSelva, a Guatemalan environmental group, commissioned independent hydrogeologist Robert Moran to review Glamis Gold's Marlin project Environmental Impact Assessment. His report shows shocking inadequacies in the EIA as well as a refusal by the company to provide any further information or...

Finance and Audit CommitteeToronto Stock ExchangeP.O. Box 4503rd floor, 130 King Street W.Toronto, OntarioM5X 1J2 CanadaDear Committee Members,On behalf of the Local Government of the Municipality of Cotacachi, we address this letter to you to express a cordial salutation, as well as our best wishes...

English translation of original document in Spanish.

Notes for a presentation by Jamie Kneen as part of the Studies in National and International Development Speakers Series, Queen’s University, March 1, 2005: When Joan Kuyek spoke to this gathering last year, she discussed the need to regulate Canadian mining companies operating internationally...

The Ontario Mining Action Network (OMAN) was launched in Sudbury, Ontario on December 5, 2004, at the conclusion of a two-day workshop on mining in Ontario. Representatives from First Nation communities, labour organizations, environmental groups and mining-affected communities from Southern and...

“Dena nenn Sogga neh ’ine” (Protectors and Keepers of the Land)

We, the Tahltan People, historically a sovereign nation have occupied our traditional territories since time immemorial. Our culture is organized through a matrilineal clan system. This has always been and remains our broad governing...

The mining industry in British Columbia has mounted an unprecedented campaign for access to new mineral lands and wilderness areas on First Nations Lands in British Columbia. First Nations are fighting back on many fronts. In all cases, their resources are out-stripped by the mining industry and its...

Column by Stephen Hume, The Vancouver Sun, February 5, 2005 Last June, the province was trumpeting breakthrough relationships with first nations as a welcome to new investment capital for British Columbia's mining sector. Initiatives with first nations like the Tahltan of northwestern B.C...