Review of the Environmental Impact Study for a New Facility for Co-Disposal of Tailings and Waste Rock at the Barrick Gold Pueblo Viejo Mine, Dominican Republic

Mine waste safety expert Dr. Steven Emerman released findings of his independent review of Barrick Gold’s Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for the Naranjo Tailings Storage Facility (TSF), warning that the Canadian mining giant is failing to adequately disclose the environmental and social risks posed by its planned expansion at the Pueblo Viejo mine in the Dominican Republic.

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Communities Demand Accountability for Mining Injustices in the Dominican Republic

Activists and community members demonstrate outside the Dominican Republic’s Presidential Palace

(SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic) Today, over a hundred protesters gathered in front of the Presidential Palace in the Dominican Republic to demand justice for the 450 families living downstream of the Pueblo Viejo mine. They are asking the government to halt a planned expansion of the open-pit gold mine and meet demands to relocate affected families to a healthy environment where they can live free from the daily impacts of mining operations.

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MiningWatch – Earthworks – Ekō

More than a Hundred Organizations Demand Justice for Assassination of Xinka Leader Noé Gómez Barrera

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Following the murder of Xinka human and environmental rights defender, Noé Gómez Barrera, more than a hundred organizations - including MiningWatch Canada - issued the following letter:

People Power and Pushback: First Quantum’s Stock Price Plummets Amidst Massive Protests in Panama

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A deal to allow operations to continue at one of the world’s biggest copper mines, high in the Panamanian mountain rainforest, is in limbo. Country-wide protests erupted last week in response to the announced deal and now the government says it’ll put the issue to a national referendum. Is this a new form of democratic accountability, or a government ruse to defuse massive public opposition?

Guatemalans Participate in Historic National Strike to Defend Democracy

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Guatemalans are entering a fifth week of a national strike, with hundreds of thousands across the country taking to the streets in an effort to uphold the most basic tenets of democracy.

Long Point First Nation Hosts a Day to Affirm its Sovereignty over its Traditional Territory - KAKINWAWIGAK NIDAKINAN

(Winneway Aki) In the same spirit as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, celebrated yearly on September 30th, which is a national day to bring forward truth(s) regarding historical harms and past events in a way that brings reconciliation, LPFN raised its flag at the LaRONDE Complexe, Lac Preissac.

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Long Point First Nation

Wells residents already experiencing negative impacts just days after mine approval

Only days after the Province of B.C. issued an Environmental Assessment Certificate for the Cariboo Gold Project, Wells residents are experiencing persistent and widespread industrial noise from a newly-activated mine portal ventilation system on a mountain overlooking the town. The whining sound is audible in every corner of Wells, causing aggravation to many residents, and worry about what’s to come.

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Friends of Responsible Economic Development in Wells, B.C.

Going Upstream: The impact of industrial mining on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation

Brief prepared for the country visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Pedro Arrojo-Agudo.

Since 1999, MiningWatch has provided technical expertise and advocacy support to hundreds of communities across the globe as they assert their rights to safe drinking water and sanitation in the face of imminent and past harm by industrial mining.

Former B.C. mining exec fined $30K for environmental violations — but First Nation says damage costs far more

Yellow Giant mine released excess waste water into wetland and waterways on Gitxaała territory in 2015

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The former executive of a now-bankrupt mining company has been fined nearly $30,000 for environmental violations dating back to 2015 — an amount that has led to competing appeals from both sides.

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