Friends of MiningWatch Defend the Glacier Law: Milei Acts Against Argentinian Water Reserves 17.06.2025
Blog Calling on First Quantum Minerals to Definitely and Safely Close its Cobre Panama Mine 11.06.2025
Friends of MiningWatch Respect Xinka Self-Determination over Canadian-Owned Mine in Guatemala 28.05.2025
Blog Open Letter: 27 Canadian Organizations Support Xinka People’s Right to Self-Determination over Canadian Mine in Guatemala 26.05.2025
News Release Xinka Women Tour Vancouver and Victoria to Urge Respect for Indigenous Self-Determination in Guatemala 20.05.2025
Friends of MiningWatch Statement: The Xinka People do not consent to the “El Escobal” Mining Project 08.05.2025
Publication Reflections on Legal Proceedings in Canada against Barrick Gold Regarding the North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania 05.05.2025
Friends of MiningWatch Statement from the Community of Diaguita Patay Co on Barrick's 'El Alto' exploration project 05.05.2025
News Release MiningWatch Supports Xatśūll First Nation’s Mount Polley Tailings Dam Challenge 15.04.2025
Friends of MiningWatch Xatśūll First Nation files Judicial Review against B.C. for approving the Mount Polley Mine expansion 15.04.2025
Blog Panamanian Organizations Sound Alarm About Reopening First Quantum's Cobre Panama Mine 25.03.2025
MiningWatch in the News The Rights of Nature Become a Rallying Point Against an Ascendant Mining Industry 06.03.2025
MiningWatch in the News Outraged by Toronto mining convention, demonstrators disrupt opening day proceedings 03.03.2025
MiningWatch in the News Good for mining but bad for democracy? Why Indigenous groups in Ecuador oppose free trade deal with Canada 11.02.2025
News Release Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement Threatens to Worsen Human Rights Abuses Facing Indigenous Nations and Communities 07.02.2025
Friends of MiningWatch Amazonian Women Respond to Announcement of a Free Trade Agreement Between Ecuador and Canada 06.02.2025
Friends of MiningWatch Ecuador's Free Trade Agreement with Canada is a Threat to Sovereignty and Indigenous Territories 05.02.2025
Publication Analysis on Bill 63 in Quebec, An Act to Amend the Mining Act and other provisions 22.01.2025
MiningWatch in the News Sidelined in Mali, Barrick turns Tanzania mine into ‘armed encampment’ 13.01.2025
Blog “We already held a consultation. We said no." Communities denounce attempt by Ecuadorian government and Canadian mining company to conduct another controversial consultation 18.12.2024
News Release 100+ Organizations Voice Deep Concern Over Violence to Advance Canada’s Atico Mining Project in Ecuador 12.12.2024
Blog Open letter | When will Quebec's mining laws respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples? 12.12.2024
MiningWatch in the News On sidelines of UN nature summit in Colombia, Canadian mining companies pillage 06.12.2024
Friends of MiningWatch Quebec drags First Nation back to Court over landmark mining decision 04.12.2024
Friends of MiningWatch Statement from the Xinka Parliament of Guatemala Condemning Interference in Court-Ordered Consultation on Escobal Mine by San Rafael las Flores Municipality and Pan American Silver 20.11.2024
Blog Continued Militarization and Criminalization of Environmental Defenders to Advance Canadian Mining Project in Ecuador 11.11.2024
Friends of MiningWatch No Consent = No project: LPFN Asserts Anicinabe Rights and Titles During BAPE Hearings on Falco's Horne 5 Mining Project 31.10.2024
News Release Barrick in Toronto Court over Allegations of Acts of Extreme Violence at North Mara Mine in Tanzania 15.10.2024
MiningWatch in the News Indigenous women from Ecuador bring concerns on mining abuses, free trade to Parliament Hill 03.10.2024
News Release Why We Say No: Ecuadorian Indigenous women and rights defenders bring message of concern to Canada amid high-stakes trade negotiations 26.09.2024
Publication Canada's Mining Footprint in Ecuador: A brief on the impacts of mining as trade negotiations advance 25.09.2024
Friends of MiningWatch Public Statement: Human Rights Organizations in Ecuador Denounce Police Takeover of Indigenous Headquarters 23.07.2024
Friends of MiningWatch Victoria Gold Eagle Mine Landslide: YCS Urges Rigorous Monitoring and Accountability 05.07.2024
Brief Putting Voices at Risk: Brief to UN Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor on Canada's support for mining over human rights 28.06.2024
Friends of MiningWatch White River First Nation Statement on Victoria Gold Mine Situation – Calls for Public Inquiry 27.06.2024
News Release Ecuadorian Indigenous Organizations Deny Agreement with Solaris Resources Ahead of AGM 21.06.2024
MiningWatch in the News As miner quells protests in Ecuador, Canadian firms’ rights record faces scrutiny 15.05.2024
Friends of MiningWatch Mayan Q'eqchi' Ancestral Council and human rights defenders speak out about possible reactivation of Fénix mine in Guatemala 14.05.2024
MiningWatch in the News Barrick accused of using virtual AGM format to misrepresent or ignore shareholder concerns 30.04.2024
News Release Human Rights Organizations Sound Alarm as Canada-Ecuador Trade Talks Get Underway 30.04.2024
MiningWatch in the News Indigenous Ecuadorians warn against Canada-Ecuador free trade pact 06.04.2024
Blog Attempt to Advance Environmental Consultation for Atico’s Mine in Ecuador Brings Renewed Criminalization, Police Repression, and Militarization 26.03.2024
Friends of MiningWatch Canada is Assessed at the UN, Receiving Recommendations to Curb Abuse by its Companies and Financial Institutions 25.03.2024
Friends of MiningWatch Indigenous and Campesino Organizations in Ecuador Denounce Criminalization in Mining-Affected Area 19.03.2024
Friends of MiningWatch Why the Ecuador trade deal Canada wants hinges on a misleading referendum question 13.03.2024
MiningWatch in the News Indigenous organization levels complaint against Canadian mining company 05.03.2024
Friends of MiningWatch Shuar Arutam People Speak Out Against Solaris Resources' Cooperation Agreement 04.03.2024
Friends of MiningWatch Letter to Canadian Ambassador to Ecuador: Ecuadorian Organizations Denounce Efforts to Promote More Canadian Mining Investment at PDAC 04.03.2024
News Release President of Ecuador in Toronto to Attract Mining Investment Amid Human Rights Concerns 01.03.2024
Publication Solaris Resources: Request to Investigate Failure to Disclose Material Information 29.02.2024
News Release Complaint by Ecuadorian Indigenous Nation Asks British Columbia Securities Commission to Investigate Solaris Resources 29.02.2024
News Release Putting an End to Free Mining | 100 signatures on letter in support of Mitchikanibikok Inik First Nation's legal action 19.02.2024
News Release Over 100 International Organizations Denounce Belo Sun’s Efforts to Criminalize Brazilian Land Defenders 16.02.2024
Blog MiningWatch’s Viviana Herrera Testifies Before Canada’s International Trade Committee on a Possible Ecuador-Canada Free Trade Agreement 14.02.2024
MiningWatch in the News Human-rights groups decry rising trend of corporate SLAPP lawsuits 13.02.2024
Friends of MiningWatch Ecuador's Constitutional Court Upholds Suspension of Mining in Kimsakocha 09.02.2024
Friends of MiningWatch Peru: Plan Unidos and the Boluarte Administration’s Insistence on Expanding Mining 20.01.2024
MiningWatch in the News As Canada vies for UN Human Rights Council seat, some Indigenous leaders from the Amazon raise red flags 30.12.2023
MiningWatch in the News From Ontario to Panama, Indigenous communities are rising up to resist Canada’s mining industry 20.12.2023
Blog Review of "Canadian corporate identity: economic diplomacy, mining and racism around the Escobal mine in Guatemala" 20.12.2023
News Release Forced Evictions at Barrick’s North Mara Gold Mine: Report details gross violations of human rights in Tanzania 12.12.2023
Publication Evicted for Gold Profits: Indigenous Kuria forced off land in expansion of Barrick Gold’s North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania 12.12.2023
News Release Indigenous Organization Opposes Sale of Controversial Warintza Mining Project in Ecuadorian Amazon 30.11.2023
Friends of MiningWatch The Shuar Arutam People Reiterate Opposition to the Warintza Project After Announced Advanced Exploration 23.11.2023
Publication Impacts of Mining Activities on Water: A technical and legislative guide to support collective action 21.11.2023
Blog More than a Hundred Organizations Demand Justice for Assassination of Xinka Leader Noé Gómez Barrera 10.11.2023
Blog People Power and Pushback: First Quantum’s Stock Price Plummets Amidst Massive Protests in Panama 01.11.2023
Friends of MiningWatch Long Point First Nation Hosts a Day to Affirm its Sovereignty over its Traditional Territory - KAKINWAWIGAK NIDAKINAN 17.10.2023
Brief Going Upstream: The impact of industrial mining on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 15.10.2023
MiningWatch in the News Former B.C. mining exec fined $30K for environmental violations — but First Nation says damage costs far more 13.10.2023
Blog International Organizations Express Concern for Democracy in Guatemala Amidst Attacks 13.10.2023
News Release Environment and community groups applaud BC Supreme Court ruling to reform province’s mineral staking regime 28.09.2023
Friends of MiningWatch Amazon Watch Launches Report "Unmasking Canada: Rights Violations Across Latin America" 01.09.2023
News Release International Mission Urges Colombia to Withdraw from 'ISDS' System of Corporate Abuse and Impunity 15.08.2023
News Release As Solaris Shareholders Meet, Indigenous Communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon Reaffirm their Opposition to the Warintza Mine 23.06.2023
News Release MNRF’s 2023-2027 Strategic Plan Fails to Address Environmental Issues and Public Demands 15.06.2023
Friends of MiningWatch International Mission to Colombia to Share Ways to Stop Abusive Corporate Claims 23.05.2023
Friends of MiningWatch Neskantaga Chief Christopher Moonias Issues Response to Premier Doug Ford's Statement that He Will Move Forward with Mining the Ring of Fire Despite Indigenous Opposition 16.05.2023
MiningWatch in the News Gold miner faces global protests as it rekindles a mine with a violent legacy 01.05.2023
Blog Consultation on the Mining Framework: QMM Coalition Briefing Documents for Participants 27.04.2023
MiningWatch in the News Indigenous leaders, conservation charity not huge fans of Mining Act changes 17.04.2023
Brief Submission to the Environmental Registry of Ontario re: Bill G71, the Building More Mines Act, 2023 11.04.2023
News Release Intervenors join Gitxaała in court to argue against BC’s mineral claim regime 11.04.2023
News Release Rhetoric vs Record: Communities Call out Barrick for Falling Short on Human Rights 11.04.2023
News Release Canadian Diplomats Prioritize Mining at the Expense of Human Rights, Legal Experts Tell the UN 05.04.2023
Publication Canada’s Systematic Failure to Fulfill its International Obligations to Human and Environmental Rights Defenders Abroad 04.04.2023
Friends of MiningWatch Over 220 organizations call on Colombian government of Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez to withdraw from international investment treaties that enable million-dollar corporate claims 07.03.2023
MiningWatch in the News Lawyer says First Nations will fight Ontario government's proposed mining changes 07.03.2023
MiningWatch in the News Ontario's bid to shorten time needed to build mines about making regulation more 'effective': George Pirie 06.03.2023
MiningWatch in the News Global mining giants are flocking to Manitoba. Here’s what that means for the province 03.03.2023
News Release Proposed Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement Poses Unacceptable Risk, NGOs Warn 03.03.2023
Blog Recording - "Lithium mining in Mexico: Public interest or transnational extractivism?" 27.02.2023
Friends of MiningWatch Canadian companies linked to allegations of human rights abuse abroad including killings, torture and forced labour – new reports, testimony 14.02.2023
MiningWatch in the News Trudeau government’s support for Peruvian coup regime all about Canadian mining companies 01.02.2023
Blog Letter to Barrick Gold: Forced Evictions and Related Human Rights Abuses Ongoing at North Mara Gold Mine 27.01.2023
News Release Mining claims: Elected officials in Abitibi join the national movement to change the law 23.01.2023
MiningWatch in the News Despite Indigenous resistance, Mexico authorizes mining concessions in protected areas 16.01.2023
MiningWatch in the News Canadian company ‘misleading’ its investors in bid to build Brazil’s biggest open-pit gold mine in the Amazon, activists say 04.01.2023
MiningWatch in the News B.C. law reform group applies to be intervener in First Nation’s petition against mining claims 16.12.2022
News Release Environmental Organizations Apply to Intervene in Gitxaała Nation’s Legal Case Against Unwanted Mining 15.12.2022
MiningWatch in the News Trudeau hosts biodiversity summit while promising more support for mining industry 13.12.2022
MiningWatch in the News 'Barrick is responsible for the violence': New lawsuit filed in Ontario about troubled Tanzania mine 23.11.2022
MiningWatch in the News Barrick Gold faces Ontario lawsuit for alleged killings and abuses at Tanzanian mine 23.11.2022
News Release Barrick in Charge: Ongoing Killings of Local Kuria by Mine Police and Forced Evictions at the North Mara Gold Mine 11.10.2022
MiningWatch in the News Why doesn’t B.C. have mining regulations that Brazil, Ecuador and China already have? 05.10.2022
MiningWatch in the News Facing down governments and industry, this First Nation makes a promise: There’ll be no development in the Ring of Fire without its consent 12.09.2022
Friends of MiningWatch Unprecedented Boom in Mining Claims Around Mont Tremblant and Southern Quebec: Call for Moratorium 18.08.2022
Blog Barrick Gold Corp.’s Porgera Joint Venture Mine: A Legacy of Ignoring Human and Environmental Rights Abuses 27.06.2022
Blog "Why We Mobilize" — Statement by Acción Ecológica as Mining-Affected Communities Join National Strike 22.06.2022
News Release Canada Pushes More Mining During PDAC 2022, Even as Indigenous Leaders are Detained in Ecuador 14.06.2022
Blog Argentinian Delegates Meet with Guatemalans at Regional Summit of Peoples Affected by Pan American Silver 04.05.2022
News Release Barrick’s Rhetoric Belies the Lived Reality of Communities at its Mines Around the World 03.05.2022
Friends of MiningWatch Abitibi-Témiscamingue Groups Launch Petition in Support of Long Point First Nation 31.03.2022
Friends of MiningWatch Long Point First Nation Requests Indigenous-Led Impact Assessment and a Cumulative Impact Assessment on All Sayona Mining Lithium Activities 21.03.2022
Blog The Quebec Government Announced it Will Lower Air Quality Regulations for Nickel. This is Why That’s a Bad Idea. 04.03.2022
Blog Support First Nations’ Free, Prior and Informed Consent! Restart the Ring of Fire Regional Assessment 28.02.2022
Friends of MiningWatch Canadian Investors Injected Over US$ 2 billion into Mining Companies with History of Human Rights and Environmental Violations in the Brazilian Amazon 22.02.2022
Publication Comments on the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada’s Draft Agreement to Conduct a Regional Assessment in the Ring of Fire Area 01.02.2022
MiningWatch in the News Chile is in for a mining boom. Could a new constitution prevent environmental catastrophe? 28.01.2022
Friends of MiningWatch New Report Recommends First Nations in B.C. Take Immediate Control of Mining in Their Territories 27.01.2022
Blog Communities in Chubut, Argentina, Propose Law to Further Protect Water From Dangers of Large Scale Mining 27.01.2022
Blog International Solidarity Statement with Communities and Organizations of Chubut, Argentina Affected by Mine Zoning Law 20.12.2021
News Release Report Highlights 8 Recent Cases: B.C. Fails to Meet Indigenous Consent Standard for Mining 06.12.2021
Blog Marking Another Year of Community Resistance to the Escobal Mine in Mataquescuintla and San Carlos Alzatate 02.12.2021
News Release First Nation’s Legal Action Challenges B.C.’s Colonial Mining Law – Groups Urge Reform 26.10.2021
Friends of MiningWatch Communiqué of the collectives and communities of Oaxaca against "Canada-Oaxaca 2021 Indigenous Encounters" 13.10.2021
MiningWatch in the News Hundreds of land defenders were killed in 2020, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg 15.09.2021
Blog The Shuar Arutam People (PSHA) Denounces Mining Company Solaris Resources Inc.’s Violent Attempt To Bring Heavy Machinery Into Our Territory 08.09.2021
Blog International Organizations Join Shuar Arutam People to Press Canadian Embassy in Ecuador to Condemn Canadian Company’s Threats and Abuses 31.08.2021
MiningWatch in the News Can B.C. stake its claim as a leader in responsible mineral extraction? 24.08.2021
News Release Activists Call for Protection of Xinka Leaders Participating in Escobal Mine Consultation 18.08.2021
Friends of MiningWatch Nuxalk Nation calls on Juggernaut Exploration to cease operations and leave Nuxalk territory 16.08.2021
News Release Coalition Finds Noront Has Not Disclosed Business Risk from Indigenous Opposition, Calls for OSC to Investigate Ring of Fire Proponent 06.08.2021
News Release Investor Alert: Belo Sun Discloses Misleading Information to Investors Regarding Controversial Gold Mining Project in Brazilian Amazon 29.07.2021
Blog Community and Environmental Concerns Not “Pertinent” to Pan American Silver’s Business 17.05.2021
Friends of MiningWatch Sayona Mining Exploration in Témiscamingue: Long Point First Nation Asks Government to Immediately Suspend the Tansim Project 13.05.2021
Blog Dilution is Not the Solution – Mining Pollution, Compliance and Recognizing Indigenous Laws to Protect Watersheds 07.05.2021
Blog Ecuador's Presidential Election Down to Two Pro-mining Candidates Despite Anti-mining Movement 09.04.2021
Blog Canadian Organizations Ask Government to Publicly Condemn Violence Against Indigenous Land Defenders in Guatemala 30.03.2021
Blog US and Canadian Organizations Alarmed Over Illegal Mining at Goldex Property in Guatemala 30.03.2021
Friends of MiningWatch Ecuadorian Indigenous Organization Denounces PDAC Indigenous Leaders’ Roundtable 10.03.2021
Friends of MiningWatch Ecuador: Shuar Representative Denounces Threats from Canadian Mining Company 09.03.2021
Friends of MiningWatch Taseko's Gibraltar Mine in B.C.: The Tŝilhqot’in Nation Preparing for Environmental Appeal Board Hearing 08.03.2021
MiningWatch in the News ‘Too risky’: Atikamekw blockade targets open-pit mining project in Northern Quebec 03.03.2021
News Release Ottawa Must Disclose How It Aided Goldcorp in Human Rights Dispute, Federal Court Hears 02.03.2021
MiningWatch in the News Canadian parliament asked to probe role of mining companies in PH killings 28.02.2021
Blog Indigenous, Environmental Groups Call for Moratorium on Mining Development in Ring of Fire 26.02.2021
MiningWatch in the News Petition vs human rights abuses in PH tabled in Canadian Parliament 26.02.2021
News Release Parliamentary Petition Calls on Canada to Act on Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines 25.02.2021
Friends of MiningWatch Open Letter to United Nations Global Compact Ecuador from the Government Council of the Shuar Arutam Peoples 19.02.2021
Friends of MiningWatch The Atikamekw of Manawan Firmly Denounce the Government Decree Granted to Nouveau Monde Graphite for an Open Pit Mine in Ancestral Territory 12.02.2021
News Release Quebec Authorizes the Largest Graphite Mine on the Continent, Adjoining Mont-Tremblant National Park 10.02.2021
Friends of MiningWatch Complaint Submitted to the IACHR Regarding Mining Zoning Bill Violating Indigenous Rights 10.02.2021
Blog 195 International Organizations Denounce Latest Attacks Against Members of the Peaceful Resistance to Escobal Mine 21.01.2021
Publication Submission on the Terms of Reference for a Regional Assessment in the Ring of Fire Area 21.01.2021
News Release Pan American Silver Chairman Set To Speak at AME Roundup on the Importance of “ESG Factors” Days After Armed Attack Against Escobal Mine Opponent in Guatemala 21.01.2021
Publication Conference report: "Turning Down The Heat: Can We Mine Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?" 16.11.2020
Publication Joint Comment to Ontario on Multiple Mineral Exploration Proposals in the Ring of Fire 12.11.2020
Blog Xinka Parliament Announces Breakthrough in Escobal Mine Consultation Process, Rejects Pan American Silver’s Bad Faith 26.10.2020
News Release New Poll Shows Strong Support to Reform Mining, Create New Protected Areas in B.C. 21.10.2020
Friends of MiningWatch Open Letter to Solaris Resources Inc. from the Government Council of the Shuar Arutam Peoples 23.09.2020
Friends of MiningWatch Changing the lens: webinar tackles regulatory rollback and championing indigenous voices in the “green recovery” 22.09.2020
Blog Indigenous Shuar Arutam Government in Ecuador Calls Out Canadian Mining Company’s Sham Consultation Process. 04.08.2020
News Release Barrick Goes To International Arbitration in Last Ditch Effort to Hold onto Lucrative Porgera Mine 13.07.2020
News Release Put People First, Demand Over 150 Canadian Organizations with the Launch of Six Principles for a Just Recovery 25.05.2020
News Release Community and Worker Health and Well-being Not On Agenda at HudBay Minerals AGM 21.05.2020
News Release COVID-19 in the Ecuadorian Amazon: Over 100 Organizations Show Solidarity With Indigenous Shuar Arutam, Repudiate Mining Companies for Putting Communities at Grave Risk 14.05.2020
News Release Xinka People of Guatemala, Thousands of International Supporters Demand Answers from Pan American Silver 06.05.2020
Blog Barrick Gold AGM 2020 – CEO Mark Bristow Responds to Questions about North Mara Mine in Tanzania 05.05.2020
News Release Global Civil Society Organizations Condemn Violent Dispersal of Indigenous Peoples’ Mining Barricade in the Philippines 29.04.2020
News Release On Earth Day, Land Defenders Share Struggles for Self-Determination and Community Health in Guatemala and British Columbia 22.04.2020
Friends of MiningWatch ATM Statement: Condemnation of violent dispersal of peoples’ barricade in Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines 06.04.2020
Friends of MiningWatch Message from the Indigenous Xinka Parliament, Guatemala, re: COVID-19 25.03.2020
News Release Amazonian Indigenous Peoples Condemn Attempts to Forge Support for Ecuador Mining Project at Toronto Conference 16.03.2020
MiningWatch in the News Indigenous women mark Women's Day with protest dance against mining 07.03.2020
News Release Groups Oppose Repressive Chilean Government Seeking Increased Canadian Mining Investment at PDAC 03.03.2020
Friends of MiningWatch Hundreds Block Entrances, Surround World’s Largest Mining Convention 01.03.2020
Friends of MiningWatch Australia’s National Environment Group Gives Major Award to Aboriginal People Standing Strong Against Cameco 29.11.2019
Blog Selected Background Readings for "Turning Down the Heat: Can We Mine Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?" 21.11.2019
News Release Indigenous Leaders in British Columbia and Guatemala Demand that Mining Companies Respect their Self-Determination at Home and Abroad 21.11.2019
MiningWatch in the News B.C. First Nations should require full clean-up costs up-front for mines: new study 08.11.2019
News Release Over 20 Canadian Organizations Stand in Solidarity with Ecuadorian Indigenous, Labour, and Civil Society Organizations 15.10.2019
Blog Some Key Points to Understand What Is Going on in Ecuador in Light of Recent Massive Protests 10.10.2019
Blog New Report Reveals Botched Consultation Process for Indigenous Xinca at Pan American Silver Mine in Guatemala 10.10.2019
Friends of MiningWatch Tŝilhqot’in Nation Welcomes Injunction Halting Taseko Drilling Program 06.09.2019
Blog Indigenous Shuar Government in Ecuador Ratifies Anti-Mining Position Against Solaris Copper’s Warintza Project 09.08.2019
News Release OceanaGold Philippines Mine Shut Down – Villagers Blockade Site, Permit Renewal Withheld 09.08.2019
News Release Canadians Demonstrate in Ottawa and Vancouver in Solidarity with Indigenous Filipinos Peacefully Blockading OceanaGold Mine 09.08.2019
News Release Plaintiffs Conclude Lawsuit with Pan American Silver over 2013 Shooting in Guatemala, Communities Reaffirm Opposition to Escobal Mine, Warn of Rising Tensions 31.07.2019
News Release Indigenous Peoples Blockade OceanaGold Mine in the Philippines: Company Operates Despite Expired Licence 10.07.2019
News Release From Bad to Worse on Mining: Groups Urge B.C. Government to Reform Outdated Laws 04.07.2019
News Release Letter with over 65 signatures of Guatemalan and International Organizations delivered to Attorney General Demanding Protective Measures Be Upheld for Xinca Lawyer and Communities Opposing Escobal Mine 03.07.2019
Friends of MiningWatch Tŝilhqot’in Nation Announces Peaceful Action to Protect Teẑtan Biny and Yanah Biny, Calls on Government of British Columbia to Intervene 01.07.2019
Blog International Media Expose Human Rights Abuses by Security at Barrick Gold’s North Mara Mine in Tanzania 19.06.2019
MiningWatch in the News Canadian mining companies will now face human rights charges in Canadian courts 07.06.2019
News Release Xinka People of Guatemala and International Allies Concerned Pan American Silver Will Continue Unwanted Intervention 09.05.2019
News Release Indigenous People Call On Pan American Silver to Cease Local Interference Out of Respect for Consultation Process in Guatemala 08.05.2019
News Release MEDIA ADVISORY: MiningWatch Canada, Ecojustice Available to Comment on New Prosperity Mine Court Case 14.01.2019
News Release Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board Alerted about Dangerous Investment Ahead of Pan American Silver-Tahoe Resources Merger 07.01.2019
News Release Securities Commissions Asked to Investigate Ahead of January 8 Tahoe-Pan American Silver Merger 03.01.2019
Blog Canadian Copper Mine Destroying Forests in Panamian Sector of Mesoamerican Biological Corridor 28.12.2018
Friends of MiningWatch Papua New Guinea Landowners to Challenge 29 Year Old Porgera Mine in Supreme Court 18.11.2018
Friends of MiningWatch Neskantaga and Eabametoong First Nations Issue Declaration of Alliance and Shared Regulatory Territory 09.11.2018
News Release New Study Supports Calls for OceanaGold’s Didipio Mine in the Philippines To Be Closed 30.10.2018
News Release “Uniting for Healthy Lands, Waters and Future Generations” – International Conference on Mining & Communities Opens in Kamloops, B.C. 28.09.2018
News Release More Than One Hundred Organizations Call for the Annulment of Sentence Against Aymara Spokesperson in the Peruvian Supreme Court and Reject the Unjust Payment of USD $31 Million to Canadian Mining Company Bear Creek 13.09.2018
News Release First Nation, Citizens Oppose Pancontinental Resources’ Mining Project in Sensitive Watershed Area Near Bancroft, Ontario 10.09.2018
News Release Victims at Barrick Mines in Papua New Guinea and Tanzania Demand Halt to Ongoing Violence and Fair Reparations for Human Rights Abuses 24.04.2018
News Release Guatemalan Constitutional Court Keeps Tahoe Resources Operations Suspended, Orders Presentation of Further Documentation 09.03.2018
Blog Mount Polley Disaster Escapes BC Law Because of Government Policy on Private Prosecutions 22.02.2018
Friends of MiningWatch Eabametoong First Nation Forced to Head to Court to Protect Homelands from Mining in Ontario 07.02.2018
News Release BC's Recent Crown Decision: How Can the Worst Mining Waste Disaster in Canadian History Not Have Legal Consequences? 01.02.2018
Blog Indigenous Malaysian Forest Activists Bring Quest for Justice to Canada with Film Tour 25.01.2018
News Release Long-Fought-For Ombudsperson Announced to Investigate International Complaints against Canadian Mining Companies 17.01.2018
News Release At Last, Communities Affected by Canadian Corporations Overseas Will Be Heard: Government Creates Human Rights Watchdog 17.01.2018
Friends of MiningWatch B.C. Rejects KGHM Ajax Mine - Stk’emlúpsemc te Secwépemc Nation (SSN) Reaction 14.12.2017
News Release Dead Mine Walking? Federal Court Reconfirms Taseko’s “New Prosperity” Mine a ‘No Go’ 07.12.2017
MiningWatch in the News Raids, incarceration and decimated Indigenous land stains Canada's reputation in Guatemala 06.12.2017
Friends of MiningWatch Algonquins of Barriere Lake Welcome Quebec Settlement with Copper One But Remain Opposed to any Mining Activities within our Territory 16.11.2017
News Release New Mining Act for the Northwest Territories: Have Your Say Before December 1st 16.11.2017
Blog Does the Canadian Government Have a Message for Mining-Affected Communities in Mexico? 25.10.2017
Friends of MiningWatch Alaskans Comment in Record Numbers to Preserve EPA’s Proposed Protections for Bristol Bay 18.10.2017
MiningWatch in the News Guatemala court clarifies consultation area, denies action on export permit 27.09.2017
Blog Tahoe Resources’ Social Licence in Guatemala Non-Existent, as Uncertainty Plagues Escobal Permits 26.09.2017
Friends of MiningWatch Media Advisory: Robinson-Huron Treaty Lawsuit Hearings to Commence Against Federal and Provincial Governments in Thunder Bay 25.09.2017
MiningWatch in the News Resource firms try to learn lessons from Canada's troubled history with First Nations 20.09.2017
Blog Public Statement on the 10th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 13.09.2017
Blog Tahoe Resources Lobbies U.S., Canada to Intervene Over Guatemala Court Decision to Suspend Escobal Mine 31.08.2017
News Release Mines Ministers Meeting Falls Short of Meaningful Progress on Environment and Indigenous Rights 18.08.2017
MiningWatch in the News Maliseet leaders to attend mining ministers conference in St. Andrews 14.08.2017
News Release Media Advisory: Indigenous Communities, Advocacy Groups at Canadian Energy & Mines Ministers Conference: “No Clean Growth without Clean Mining” 10.08.2017
Friends of MiningWatch Me7e Pípsell Ta7a Ajax – Yes Pípsell No Ajax: SSN Response to British Columbia’s & CEAA Environmental Assessment Office Ajax Mine Project Assessment Reports 09.08.2017
News Release Indigenous Advocate Seeks Justice - Files Charges against Imperial Metals Over Biggest Mining Spill in Canada 04.08.2017
Friends of MiningWatch 3 Years After The Mount Polley Disaster, Our Waters Are Still In Danger 31.07.2017
Friends of MiningWatch Tsilhqot’in Nation Seek Injunctions from BC Supreme Court to Stop (Again) Taseko Mines 31.07.2017
MiningWatch in the News No Charges, No Fines For Mount Polley Mine Disaster as Three-Year Legal Deadline Approaches 23.07.2017
MiningWatch in the News Why We Need to Clean Up Mining if We Want a Renewable Energy Economy 20.07.2017
MiningWatch in the News Kamloops Council, First Nations & Groups Ask B.C. to Suspend Controversial Ajax Mine Proposal 19.07.2017
News Release Tahoe Licences Suspended for Lack of Consultation with Indigenous Communities, While Company Denies Indigenous Presence and Opposition 07.07.2017
News Release Prairie Mines & Royalty ULC Conviction and $4.5 Million Fine Does Little to Reduce Threat to UNESCO World Heritage Site 21.06.2017
Blog BC First Nations Stand United and Declare Pípsell a “Cultural Heritage Site” To Be Protected from Mining 20.06.2017
Friends of MiningWatch Algonquin Nation Takes Mining Fight to Company's AGM: “No Means Never” 01.06.2017
Friends of MiningWatch A Breach of Human Rights - The Impact of the Mount Polley Mine Disaster, British Columbia 24.05.2017
MiningWatch in the News Women from Papua New Guinea bring rape complaints to Canadian mining company’s door 25.04.2017
Blog Statements and Questions from Everlyn Guape and Joycelyn Mandi at Barrick Gold’s 2017 Annual Meeting 25.04.2017
Friends of MiningWatch Alleged Killer in Canadian Mining Company Lawsuit Acquitted in Guatemala 06.04.2017
MiningWatch in the News Stk’emlúpsemc te Secwépemc Nation's opposition to Ajax receives strong backing 03.04.2017
Friends of MiningWatch Stk’emlúpsemc te Secwépemc Nation (SSN) Building Allies Across B.C. and Canada to Oppose KGHM’s Ajax Mine in Kamloops 01.04.2017
Blog Fisheries Act Charges Over Canada's Biggest Mining Spill 'Stayed' in Court; Pressure Mounts for Crown to Lay Its Own Charges 28.03.2017
News Release Village Houses Burnt Down – Again – at Barrick Mine in Papua New Guinea; Violence Against Local Men and Women Continues Unabated 28.03.2017
News Release 25,000 Canadians Join First Nations, Local Residents in Seeking Justice for Canada's Biggest Mining Spill 27.03.2017
MiningWatch in the News Stephen Hume: Regulatory Chaos Leaves Taxpayers on Hook for Mining Messes in B.C. 08.03.2017
News Release Growing Pressure for Public Inquiry into B.C.’s Dysfunctional Mining Regulatory System 08.03.2017
Blog Ecuadorian Organizations Decry Promotion of Ecuador as 'Mining Country' during Mining Convention in Toronto 08.03.2017
News Release MiningWatch Urges B.C. & Canada to Honour Indigenous-led Environmental Review Panel’s Decision To Reject KGHM’s Ajax Mine 07.03.2017
News Release While Mining Company Launches Lawsuit Against Quebec, More Than 2000 Citizens Show Support for Barriere Lake Algonquin Nation 16.02.2017
Friends of MiningWatch First Nations Women Stake Mining Claim on Minister Bill Bennett’s Property 24.01.2017
Publication Submission to BC Ministry of Environment re: Mount Polley Permit Application for Long Term Water Discharge into Quesnel Lake 23.12.2016
Blog Dozens of International Organizations and Networks Call for End to State of Emergency and Militarization in Ecuador's Southern Amazon 19.12.2016
Friends of MiningWatch Seabed Mining in PNG: Environmental Experiment, False Hope of Economic Returns 14.12.2016
Friends of MiningWatch Indigenous land defence: An evening of speakers and multimedia in Ottawa 07.12.2016
News Release Mining Affected First Nations and Citizens Join Efforts in Urging the Quebec Government to Respect Their Rights 21.11.2016
Presentation The Future of Canada’s Mining Sector - Submission To Federal Standing Committee on Natural Resources 01.11.2016
Friends of MiningWatch Quebec Stealthily Lifts Mining Moratorium; Algonquins Respond by Preparing to Defend Their Ancestral Territorial Waters, Lands & Wildlife 12.09.2016
MiningWatch in the News Nunavut hunters pleased but not surprised that feds rejected Areva's uranium mine 27.07.2016
News Release Latin American organizations hope for stronger accountability of Canadian mining overseas 25.04.2016
News Release Canada Has Blood On Its Hands; Justice in Honduras Requires a U-Turn in Canadian Foreign Policy 21.04.2016
News Release Canadian Delegation to Participate in the International Gathering Celebrating the Life of Berta Cáceres in Honduras 12.04.2016
News Release Advisory: Ottawa Event and Media Availability – Indigenous Rights, the Environment, and "Free Trade" Agreements 08.04.2016
Blog Another Indigenous Leader Killed in Honduras, Canadian Organizations say Enough is Enough 18.03.2016
Publication Barrick Consultant Delivers Biased Report on Inequitable Remedy Mechanism for Rape Victims 15.03.2016
News Release Malartic Open Pit Mine in Quebec Should Serve As a Cautionary Tale for the AJAX Mine in Kamloops 15.03.2016
News Release International Organizations Denounce Violence Against Indigenous Community in Mexico; Community Seeks Answers from Teck Resources 06.11.2015
News Release Agrarian Authorities from Guerrero, Mexico, say Canadian Mining Companies Need a Reality Check 07.10.2015
Blog Supreme Court of Canada Affirms International Enforcement of the Law, Allows Ecuadorans to Pursue Chevron Assets in Canada 26.09.2015
Publication In the National Interest? Criminalization of Land and Environment Defenders in the Americas 21.09.2015
News Release Report Questions Legitimacy of Memorandum Between Barrick Gold and Diaguita Indigenous Communities 15.09.2015
Blog New Study Indicates Increasing Mine Disasters Worldwide - Why is the industry incapable of learning from its biggest mishaps? 07.08.2015
News Release B.C. & Alaska Indigenous Leaders Attending Seabridge Gold Shareholder Meeting To Protest Risky Mine Plan 24.06.2015
Blog Mokopane Residents Picket Canadian High Commission in South Africa to Protest Ivanhoe Mines 21.05.2015
Friends of MiningWatch Indigenous Peoples File for Injunctions Against Mining Concessions in Mexico 14.04.2015
Friends of MiningWatch Algonquins Critical of Quebec's Conflict of Interest with High Risk $4 Million Investment in Rare Earths Open Pit Mining Project 14.02.2015
News Release International NGOs Call for Transparency in Murder Investigation of Ecuadorian Indigenous Leader 19.01.2015
Blog Five Years After Mariano Abarca Was Murdered for his Resistance Against Blackfire Exploration, We Demand Justice! 27.11.2014
Friends of MiningWatch Peruvian Community Denounces HudBay Minerals for Human Rights Violations over Constancia Project 11.11.2014
News Release Washington, D.C. hearing to spotlight the Canadian Government’s failure to prevent harm and ensure justice for mining-affected communities abroad 23.10.2014
Blog Federal Government Ignores First Nations and Public Input on Environmental Assessment – Its Own Legislation Makes It Hard Not To 22.07.2014
News Release Canadian Mining Watchdog Warns Arizonans of HudBay Minerals’ Poor Track Record on Pollution and Human Rights 10.07.2014
News Release Federal Government Blocks Completion of Nunavut Land Use Plan, Denies Funding for Final Public Consultation 03.07.2014
Friends of MiningWatch OSC Forces Chieftain Metals to Correct 2013 AIF and Retract Corporate Presentation 02.06.2014
Friends of MiningWatch Premier Gold Proposes Mine with Significant Environmental Damage, Minimal Environmental or First Nations Scrutiny 30.05.2014
Friends of MiningWatch Supreme Court Hears Grassy Narrows' Legal Case for Treaty Rights and Against Clearcut Logging 15.05.2014
News Release Sixteen-year old girl murdered in continued violence associated with Tahoe Resources' mine – Canada Pension Plan urged to divest 07.05.2014
News Release ‘On the Road for Justice’ Speaking Tour to Bring Attention to Guatemala Mining Conflict, Need for Remedy in Canada 12.03.2014
News Release Rejection of New Prosperity Project Provides Clarity to Industry: Lake Destroying Projects and Projects Without Indigenous Consent Need Not Apply 27.02.2014
Friends of MiningWatch First Nations Celebrate Federal Rejection of New Prosperity Mine Proposal 27.02.2014
Friends of MiningWatch Tsilhqot'in National Government: New Prosperity Must Be Rejected - Scathing Panel Reports Cannot Be Ignored 13.02.2014
News Release Film Premiere: "Honour Your Word" Documents Years of Struggle by Barriere Lake Algonquin to Protect their Land and Culture 10.02.2014
Presentation Evolving Standards and Expectations for Responsible Mining: A Civil Society Perspective 05.02.2014
News Release White River First Nation Says Yukon’s Response to Ross River Dena “Free Entry” Court Decision Inadequate 07.01.2014
News Release Taseko Fails On All Counts - Again: Conclusions of “New Prosperity” Review Panel Echo Previous Review 01.11.2013
News Release Yukon Government Finally Listens - Terminates Tarsis Resources' Class 3 Mining Licence Application 16.10.2013
News Release Belo Sun No! Forty-four Organizations Oppose Approval of Mining Project on Xingu River, Brazil 10.10.2013
Blog The Bell Tolls for Free Entry in Canada: Legal Victory for Yukon First Nation Will Have Implications Across the Country 27.09.2013
Blog Submissions to the Federal Review Panel for Taseko's New Prosperity Gold Copper Project 05.09.2013
News Release Guatemalan Indigenous Organizations File Complaint over Mining Law with Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 03.09.2013
News Release Taseko's New Prosperity Project Fails on Environment, Human Rights, and Economics 22.08.2013
Friends of MiningWatch Top Canadian Lake Ecologist Says Fish Lake Will be Dead in Ten Years if Mine Proceeds 20.08.2013
Friends of MiningWatch Civil Society Organizations’ Response on the Zambian Government Position Regarding the Protection Order of the Chisola Dam Project in Kalumbila 27.07.2013
News Release Canadian Complaints Office Should Investigate Destructive Large-scale Mining Project in the Ecuadorian Amazon 25.07.2013
News Release General Congress of the Ngäbe Bugle Requests Meeting with UN Special Rapporteur James Anaya During Visit to Panama 19.07.2013
Friends of MiningWatch Canadian Aboriginal group will not back down in fight against Rio Tinto's IOC - Buyer beware - Warning to potential purchasers 09.07.2013
Blog Cliffs Should Stop Pointing Fingers, Check Its Corporate Ego Before Resuming Work on Ring of Fire 14.06.2013
Blog Algonquin Communities Push for Joint Review for Matamec’s Rare Earths Project Under New Federal Environmental Assessment Rules 04.06.2013
News Release Imperial Metals Operating Without Consent: First Nations Oppose Mining on Indigenous Lands 29.05.2013
Blog URGENT ACTION: Tell Environment Minister Kent to Listen Up and Respect Algonquin First Nations 24.05.2013
News Release Guatemala: Tahoe's Mining Licence Approved in Wake of Violence; Investigation into Murder Pending 08.04.2013
Blog URGENT ACTION: Call for investigation and company departure in response to recurring violence in area of Canadian-owned silver project 20.03.2013
News Release Guatemala’s Highest Court Denies Justice to Indigenous Peoples Affected by Mining 15.03.2013
Friends of MiningWatch Algonquins of Barriere Lake Affirm Opposition to Copper One’s Rivière Doré Project and All Claim Staking and Mineral Exploration in their Territory 13.03.2013
Blog Neskonlith Opposition, A Reasonable Response to Imperial Metals' Ruddock Creek Project 22.02.2013
News Release BC’s Mining Sector Needs More Than Slaps on the Back and Market Hype – NGOs Release Mining Reform Top 40 31.01.2013
Friends of MiningWatch Chieftain Metal's Tulsequah Chief Mine Proposal Continues to Face Major Risks and Uncertainties Despite New Feasibility Study 30.01.2013
Friends of MiningWatch Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) Walks to Parliament Hill to Say "No" to Treaty Violations 01.01.2013
Friends of MiningWatch Taku River Tlingit Joint Clan Forum Rejects Proposed Tulsequah Chief Project 28.11.2012
Guest Publication No Means No: The Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug and the Fight for Resource Sovereignty 26.11.2012
Friends of MiningWatch Tŝilhqot’in Leaders and Communities Fully Opposed to “New” Prosperity Mine 03.10.2012
News Release Investor Alert: MiningWatch Report Flags Significant Risks and Uncertainties Associated with Taseko Mines Limited 13.09.2012
News Release Fifth anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Urgent action needed to ensure that the human rights of Indigenous peoples aren’t violated by resource development at home and abroad 12.09.2012
News Release Canadian Parliamentarians Meet with Guatemalan Legislators on Goldcorp’s Ticket 11.09.2012
News Release North American organizations call for stop to criminalization of rights advocates in Guatemala 06.09.2012
Friends of MiningWatch Frustrations with Chieftain and Canadian Agencies Lead to Calls for New Cleanup Plan 22.08.2012
News Release Guatemala’s Highest Court to Hear Landmark Indigenous Challenge Against Mining Law 20.07.2012
News Release Leading Human Rights and Environmental Groups Urge Peru to Halt Repression and Human Rights Abuses Against Mining Protesters 11.07.2012
Friends of MiningWatch Algonquin Chiefs Issue Ultimatum to Matamec & Toyota Tsusho Corp.: Finalize Exploration Agreement or Cease Activities at Rare Earths Deposit 28.06.2012
Friends of MiningWatch Chiefs Prepare Eviction Notice to Mining Companies Working in the Ring of Fire 25.06.2012
Blog KI Achieves Protection for 23,000 Square Kilometres; Ontario Makes Another Multi-million Dollar Buy-out 15.06.2012
Blog “I Thought They Were Shareholders.” My First Look at a Hearing with the CNSC, Our Nuclear Watchdog 08.06.2012
News Release MiningWatch Canada to Oppose Licencing of Strateco’s Matoush Uranium Project at Hearings in Mistissini 04.06.2012
Blog The Doctrine of Discovery: its enduring impact on indigenous peoples and the right to redress for past conquests 08.05.2012
Blog Mining Injustice Conference: Resisting Extractivism, Lessons and Inspiration from Front-line Communities and Fellow Activists 08.05.2012
Friends of MiningWatch Algonquin First Nations Have Serious Concerns About Proposed Rare Earth Open Pit Mine on Traditional Lands: Seek MOU With Matamec 01.05.2012
News Release First Nation and Conservation Groups Seek Investigation of Exploration Company God’s Lake Resources by Securities Regulator 20.03.2012
Blog Indigenous Rights and Mining: Submissions to the UN Committe on Elimination of Racial Discrimination 23.02.2012
Blog Indigenous leader asks CIDA, World Vision and Barrick not to pursue joint CSR project in Peru 10.02.2012
News Release Decision Pending in Wahgoshig First Nation's Injunction Motion against Solid Gold Resources Corp. 22.12.2011
Guest Publication Decolonizing Environmental Management: A Case Study of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug 02.12.2011
Blog Photographer and Storyteller Robert Del Tredici on the History of Port Radium, Northwest Territories 29.11.2011
News Release Ontario Labour Movement Warns of Ipperwash in the Making if Province Does Not Stop Violation of KI Sacred Burial Sites and Exploitation of Land 29.11.2011
Blog Civil Society Organizations Call On Canadian Mining Companies To Respect the Right to Consent in Colombia 15.11.2011
News Release Tsilhqot’in Statement of Commitment to Protect the Land that Sustains Us and Our Future Generations 03.11.2011
News Release Federal Decision Ignores First Nations and Public Input: Likely to Hinder Development in Ontario’s “Ring of Fire” 13.10.2011
Contribution Occupying Spaces Created by Conflict: Anthropologists, Development NGOs, Responsible Investment, and Mining 05.10.2011
News Release Panamanian Group Says CSR Award for Toronto-based Inmet Hinders Best Practices 04.10.2011
News Release Northern Ontario First Nation Calls On McGuinty to Stop Mining Activity on Sacred Burial Sites 27.09.2011
News Release No Social Licence and a Long List of Inadequacies, Yet Federal Review Panel Recommends Approval of Matoush Uranium Exploration Project 28.07.2011
News Release Audit Reveals BC Environmental Assessment of Prosperity Mine Was Nothing But A Rubber Stamp 22.07.2011
News Release KI Passes Protocols and Water Declaration, MiningWatch Answers Call to Action 20.07.2011
News Release Tsilhqot’in Nation call on Governments to Reject Re-Submitted “New Prosperity” Mine 08.06.2011
Blog Ontario Ministry of Mines' Problematic Approach to Environmental Assessment of Mining Projects 07.06.2011
Blog Wixárika people deliver letter to Mexican President Calderón and shareholders of First Majestic Silver 20.05.2011
News Release Barriere Lake Algonquin affirm opposition to mine during Montreal company meeting: threat of mining on their land exposes failure of Quebec’s Mining Act 20.05.2011
News Release Goldcorp Asks Shareholders to Ignore International Consensus to Suspend Operations at its Marlin Mine in Guatemala 19.05.2011
News Release Affected Communities from the Americas Demand that Canadian Mining Industry Respect Their Rights 17.05.2011
News Release Canadian Government Abdicates Responsibility to Ensure Respect for Human Rights 16.05.2011
News Release Indigenous Papua New Guinea Leaders Protest Ongoing Abuses at Barrick’s Porgera Mine 05.05.2011
News Release Constance Lake First Nation Seeks Urgent Court Injunction To Stop Drilling by Zenyatta Ventures Ltd. 28.04.2011
News Release Shareholders Announce Resolution to Suspend Controversial Goldcorp Mine in Guatemala 22.03.2011
Blog Request for Review of the Operations of Barrick Gold Corp. at the Porgera Joint Venture in Papua New Guinea 15.03.2011
News Release Algonquins Are More Than Stakeholders: Wolf Lake and Eagle Village Demand Review Process to Examine Concerns About Proposed Open Pit Rare Earth Project 10.03.2011
News Release First Nations and Greens Urge Credit Suisse: No Funds for Taseko's Prosperity Mine 07.03.2011
Blog "Oral Promises/Broken Promises" Shows Alternative Interpretation of Ontario's Treaty 9 25.02.2011
Blog Wikileaks: Weak governance and investor protections make CSR ineffective for overseas operations 09.02.2011
News Release Government & Industry Steam Ahead on Ring of Fire Developments, First Nations Left Waiting on the Platform 13.01.2011
News Release Political contributions, DFO letters, raise more questions about BC’s approval of bad mine 24.09.2010
News Release The Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam Restate the Facts: Labrador Iron Mines' Schefferville Project Still Requires Our Consent 15.09.2010
News Release The Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam Position is Clear: No Exploration or Mining Without Consent of the Uashannuat 26.08.2010
News Release Matawa First Nations Chief Announces Deadline Following Meeting with Ontario Ministers 24.08.2010
News Release Innu of Uashat mak Mani-Utenam call for moratorium on uranium exploration and mining 17.08.2010
News Release Tsilhqot'in National Government: AFN Chiefs Pledge to Help Defend Lands Against Proposed Prosperity Mine 22.07.2010
News Release Federal Panel on Proposed Prosperity Gold-Copper Mine Finds Project Would Have Significant Negative Environmental Effects and Be a Significant Loss to First Nations 02.07.2010
News Release Innu, Doctors, Elected Officials, Local Residents Oppose Uranium Exploration on North Shore of Quebec 11.12.2009
News Release What’s Missing in Mining Act Changes? The Right to Say NO. Proposed Amendments Do Little To Prevent Conflicts 25.05.2009
News Release Indigenous Leaders from Papua New Guinea, Chile Raise Serious Human Rights and Environmental Concerns Around Barrick Gold Operations 06.05.2009
News Release Fulfilling the Premier’s Vision to Modernize and Reform the Ontario Mining Act 05.09.2008
News Release Barrick Gold’s Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea linked to grave human rights abuses, environmental impacts 12.05.2008
Publication Boreal Forest’s Wildlife and Communities Threatened by Impacts from Exploration, Mining – Revised 'Boreal Below' Report 12.05.2008
News Release Groups call for comprehensive reform of Ontario’s outdated mining laws: Courts being used to punish people who peacefully oppose mining projects 17.03.2008
Blog MPP Randy Hillier and MP Scott Reid Letter of Support for Ardoch Algonquins and Bob Lovelace 23.02.2008
Friends of MiningWatch Lack of Respect, Indifference Mark Ontario's Treatment of First Nations' Concerns 22.02.2008
Friends of MiningWatch Algonquin Leader Faces Jail Time While Ontario Government Ignores the Law 20.02.2008
News Release Aboriginal Leaders Face Jail Time in Spreading Disputes over First Nations Rights and Mining Claims - Consultation and Conservation Demands Conflict with Outdated Mining Law across Canada's Boreal Forest 28.01.2008
Blog End Mining’s Privileged Access to Land! Communities Across Canada Outraged by Free Entry System 21.01.2008
Blog Urgent Appeal to United Nations Special Rapporteurs Regarding Human Rights Abuses at Porgera Mine 02.12.2007
News Release Algonquins Demanding Moratorium on Uranium Exploration on Traditional Territory 31.08.2007
Blog Discrimination against the Subanon of the Philippines in the context of large-scale gold mining on their ancestral domain. 17.08.2007
Friends of MiningWatch Barrick's Dirty Secrets: Communities Protest Gold Mining Impacts Around the World 02.05.2007
Blog Canadian Ambassador to Guatemala Accused of Misinformation - Open Letter to the Canadian Government 27.02.2007
Blog Mining Association Responds to Critique of Mining Information Kit for Aboriginal Communities 19.02.2007
News Release Ontario Attacks Aboriginal and Treaty Rights in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) Litigation 31.01.2007
Friends of MiningWatch Transboundary Watershed Alliance Calls For Bi-National Assessment of Taku Mine: Fishery Too Valuable for Experiment With Unproven Technology 30.01.2007
Blog An Insult to Aboriginal People: A Critique of the Mining Information Kit for Aboriginal Communities Published by NRCan, PDAC, MAC and CAMA 05.01.2007
Friends of MiningWatch Urgent Action in Support of the Civilian Population of Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador 21.12.2006
Blog An Insult to Aboriginal People: A Critique of the Mining Information Kit for Aboriginal Communities 05.12.2006
Blog Landlords and Political Traps: how mineral exploration companies seek access to First Nations territory 01.11.2006
News Release First Nations Speak at Kemess North Hearings Under Protest: Call on Governments to Protect Environment and Act Honourably 30.10.2006
News Release TVI Pacific Again Implicated in Forced Evictions at its Canatuan Project in the Philippines 24.10.2006
News Release Canadian Mining Law and the Impacts on Indigenous Peoples Lands and Resources 19.09.2006
News Release Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation Says Ontario Mining Act Unconstitutional 26.05.2006
News Release Northern Ontario First Nation Facing $10 Billion Lawsuit for Blockading Platinex Mining Exploration 24.05.2006
News Release Goro Protestors Face Judge Today: Demonstrators Pledge Support for Ongoing Indigenous and Environmental Struggle Against Mine 02.05.2006
News Release Inco’s Goro Site Blockaded Again by Indigenous Kanaks: French Troops Respond with Violent Action 03.04.2006
News Release First Nations Declare a Moratorium on Mining Exploration and Forestry in the Far North: No Means No 27.10.2005
Blog House of Commons Committee tells Government - “Regulate Canadian Mining Companies Abroad - Investigate TVI Pacific in the Philippines 07.09.2005
News Release Representatives from Siocon, Southern Philippines, Oppose Canadian Mining Company TVI Pacific 13.08.2005
News Release TVI Faces Social, Political and Environmental Risk in the Philippines: Indigenous Subanon, Muslims, and Other Residents of the Town of Siocon in the Philippines Align Against Canadian Mining Company TVI 13.08.2005
News Release Kashipur Alert: Sixteen Tribals, Mostly Women, Critically Injured - Massive Lathicharge on Adivasis: Tense Standoff Between Agitated Tribals and Police in Kashipur 13.08.2005
Blog Sulawesi Communities Reject Inco, Call for Renegotiation of PT Inco's Contract of Work 12.08.2005
News Release Indigenous Kanaks Blockade Inco’s Goro Site, Demand Hearing from Inco, Government Authorities 10.08.2005
News Release Goro Nickel Project Risks Growing Opposition from Unions, Kanak Representatives, Politicians, and Environmental Groups 11.07.2005
Blog Report of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade: "Mining in Developing Countries - 05.07.2005
Guest Publication Mineral Exploration in Nitassinan: A Matter of Respect. Innu Nation Guidelines for the Mining Industry 23.06.2005
Blog Tahltan Elders Statement “Dena nenn Sogga neh ’ine” (Protectors and Keepers of the Land) 25.02.2005
News Release Tahltan Elders Declare a Moratorium on Resource Development Within Their Territory 25.02.2005
Blog Recent History of the Ongoing Struggle by Kanak People to Make Inco Respect Their Rights 10.02.2005
Blog Comments on the Proposed Tulsequah Chief Mine Project in Northwestern British Columbia, FEAI 36077 08.02.2005
Blog Brutal Police Action on Tribals in Kashipur: Orissa Government Using Police Force to Start Alumina Plant 01.12.2004
News Release First Nations Coalition Wants Northgate to Justify Its Mining Proposal Against Their Interests 04.10.2004
Blog Massive mobilization and march to urge Alcan executives and shareholders to pull out of a destructive mining project in Kashipur 14.04.2004
News Release Glamis Gold Demands $50 Million Compensation for Not Destroying Quechan Nation Lands 07.03.2004
News Release ALCAN Juggling with the Futures of Marginalized Peoples in India: Three Villagers Already Killed by Violent Repression 10.12.2003
News Release Ontario First Nations Sign Declaration to Protect Rights and Interests on Traditional Territories 19.09.2003
News Release INCO Closes Goro Nickel for Financial Review; Kanak leaders call for opening negotiations 19.03.2003
News Release Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) Pledges Its Support to the Kanak People of New Caledonia 18.03.2003
MiningWatch in the News BC Snubs High Courts and First Nation to Approve Tulsequah Chief Mine -- Federal Approval Unlikely 13.12.2002
Blog Submission to Parliament re: The Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Act 05.12.2002
Publication The Boreal Below: Mining Issues and Activities in Canada’s Boreal Forest Region 25.09.2002
Blog Letter to Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Republic of Philippines 16.01.2002
News Release Sudbury Workshop on Abandoned Mines Co-sponsored by Assembly of First Nations 20.07.2001
Blog Philippine Indigenous Tribe Urges Calgary Mining Company to Respect their Land Rights 04.11.2000
Guest Publication Undermining the Forests. The need to control transnational mining companies: a Canadian case study 14.03.2000
Guest Publication Reckless Lending: How Canada's Export Development Corporation Puts People and the Environment at Risk 01.03.2000
Presentation Review of the Export Development Act - Presentation to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade 16.11.1999
News Release MiningWatch Responds to Request for Help from Philippines — TVI repressing Subanen people 27.10.1999
Blog Keynote Speech by Daniel Ashini - Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Aboriginal Communities and Mining 12.09.1999