News release: Guatemala's highest court has an unprecedented opportunity to uphold indigenous rights as it hears a challenge against the country's mining law for failure to consult indigenous peoples about the law prior to its approval in 1997.

News release: In a report released today, the business and human rights organisation Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID) catalogues the inadequacies of the London Stock Exchange’s regulatory framework. The Central African Mining and Exploration Company plc (CAMEC) was allowed to trade and flourish on London’s junior Alternative Investment Market (AIM) despite its close links to Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party (Zimbabwe), the dubious provenance of its Congolese mining assets, and the unsavoury reputation of key business associates.

News release: On July 12, 2012, the Justice and Corporate Accountability Project submitted a request to the Ontario Securities Commission to investigate junior mineral resource company Excellon Resources, Inc., which is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The request suggests that Excellon may have breached the Ontario Securities Act disclosure requirements.

The red pine forests surrounding Wolf Lake are by best accounts the largest remaining tract of old-growth red pine ANYWHERE. Despite the obvious and long appreciated ecological significance of the forest MNDM has continued to renew a mining lease in the heart of the Wolf Lake old growth.

News release: On July 12, representatives of the Ejido La Sierrita (communal landowning structure), the non-governmental organization Proyecto de Derechos Económicos Sociales y Culturales, A.C. (ProDESC), and other human rights organizations held a press conference to present the dire situation of a blockade of the La Platosa mine.

On July 11, 2012, Excellon Resources, Inc., a Canadian mining company, threatened landowners of the Ejido "La Sierrita" (Ejido) and their adviser, Project on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ProDESC), with criminal proceedings and judicial action in response to the landowners' peaceful blockade of the company's La Platosa mine.

News release: The Peruvian government should immediately cease the violent repression of mining protesters, over 80 leading environmental and human rights organizations wrote today in a statement that will be delivered to Peruvian embassies and consulates in the United States and Canada.

News release: On July 5, 2012, workers at Excellon Resources' La Platosa mine voted to determine which union would control their Collective Bargaining Agreement. International observers and workers report on the complete absence of conditions for a fair vote.

News release: (Temiscaming, Quebec) This week, the Chiefs of Eagle Village and Wolf Lake issued an ultimatum to ensure that mineral developments proposed by Matamec Resources will not occur without their consent and without consultation and accommodation of their Aboriginal rights.

News release: Following complaints raised in Canada by Mexican landowners, Excellon Resources comes to the table. Refusal to address key issues on the part of the company, however, leads the community to doubt that a successful resolution is within sight.