Early last week, over thirty organizations and 160 individuals sent a letter to Mexican authorities, the Canadian Embassy in Mexico and the President of Canadian mining company Almaden Minerals expressing concern about the murder of Manuel Gaspar Rodríguez and threats of criminalization and violence against Indigenous communities in the Sierra Norte de Puebla who are fighting mining and hydroelectric projects.

It was sheer coincidence, but more than a tinge of irony coloured yesterday's news that the Supreme Court of Canada will hear Nevsun Resources' appeal of a court ruling that accusations against it regarding the use of forced labour at its Bisha mine in Eritrea should be heard in British Columbia, not Eritrea, just as a new report revealed evidence of the

On June 11, over fifty Guatemalan and international organizations sent a letter to the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala raising deep concern about Embassy interference and threats of international lawsuits that they believe are putting undue pressure on the country’s Constitutional Court and pose further risk to residents demonstrating against the project.

(Williams Lake) Local, provincial, and national groups join tonight in Williams Lake for the launch of ‘Stand for Water’ tour spearheaded by First Nations Women Advocating Responsible Mining (FNWARM) in British Columbia.

(Toronto/Ottawa) The family of Mariano Abarca, a highly respected community leader who was murdered in late 2009 after leading peaceful protests over the impacts of a Canadian-owned mine, has applied for judicial review of a decision from the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner.

The Commissioner refused to investigate allegations that the Canadian Embassy in Mexico provided support to Blackfire Exploration, which put Mr. Abarca’s life at greater risk.

We the maritime communities from the Bismarck and Solomon Seas have been resisting Nautilus Minerals experimental projects since 2008.

Our seas are recognized and protected by our cultural and custom knowledge and as custodians and gatekeepers of this heritage, we recognize that Solwara 1 Project is a dangerous and bad investment.

(Toronto) A delegation representing Alaskan business leaders, Bristol Bay Tribes, commercial fishermen and conservation organizations will appear today at the annual meeting of First Quantum Minerals to give shareholders a message: the Pebble Mine is a bad investment.

“Bristol Bay, and the world’s greatest wild salmon fishery it supports, must be protected,” said Robin Samuelson, Board Chair of the Bristol Bay Economic Development Corporation. “The Pebble Mine is the wrong mine in the wrong place.”

The Sisson Mine project (Northcliff/HDI/Todd Minerals) is currently applying for permission to dump millions of tons of mining waste into the headwaters of the pristine Nashwaak river and watershed. The federal government, through Environment Canada, is accepting comments from the public until May 3, 2018.

Act now to reject this project and protect the Nashwaak river

From April 27 to 30, MiningWatch partners will be joining delegates from Canada and the Global South will participate in the International Gathering of Women Resisting Extractivism in Montreal. This gathering will bring together more than 40 land and life defenders from around the world to share their experiences and strategies of resistance, as well as to speak out against the threats they are facing because of their work.

(Ottawa) MiningWatch Canada invites the media and the public to attend an information session on April 28, 2018, in Coniston/Sudbury, about Noront’s recent bid to find a ‘willing community’ in northern Ontario to host a ferrochrome plant to process it’s highly speculative Ring of Fire’s chromite deposits. This information session is hosted by the Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury and the Laurentian University School of the Environment. It is free, open to the public and will welcome four experts and guest speakers to answer questions from the public.