The Fight to Close First Quantum Minerals Canadian Mine in Panama

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Before narrating the latest events on the anti-mining struggle, it is relevant to clarify that we are not a mining country, despite the fact that during the time of the colony and the Spanish subjugation, some gold mines were established with the same logic of extractivist dispossession of a foreign power.

Evicted for Gold Profits: Indigenous Kuria forced off land in expansion of Barrick Gold’s North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania

MiningWatch Canada details gross violations of human rights at Barrick Gold's North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania, as thousands of Indigenous Kuria were forcibly evicted from their lands to make room for the mine's expansion. This latest report was written based on field work conducted by Catherine Coumans in Tarime District, Tanzania, between October and November 2023.

Forced Evictions at Barrick’s North Mara Gold Mine: Report details gross violations of human rights in Tanzania

Today, MiningWatch Canada releases a report describing gross violations of human rights at Barrick Gold’s North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania. Thousands of Indigenous Kuria near the mine have been forcibly evicted from their lands to make room for the mine’s expansion. Most people were evicted in December 2022, with the remaining families losing their homes and lands in August and September of 2023.
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MiningWatch Canada

Indigenous Organization Opposes Sale of Controversial Warintza Mining Project in Ecuadorian Amazon

(Sucúa/Quito/Ottawa) On the 20th of November, the Pueblo Shuar Arutam (PSHA) released a public statement rejecting the Warintza mining project and its possible sale.

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MiningWatch Canada – Shuar Arutam People (PSHA) – Amazon Watch – WITNESS

Sayona Mining Must Equitably Share with Indigenous Peoples

(Nitakinan, Canada) The Anishinabeg Chiefs and Councils of Lac Simon and Abitibiwinni wish to announce that they will be attending (virtually) the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Sayona Mining Limited "Sayona" (ASX:SYA; OTCQB: SYAXF) taking place in Australia at 10:00am on November 30th (Brisbane time) in order to remind shareholders and potential investors in Sayona's combined "North American Lithium-Authier" megaproject in Quebec that no mining or refining project is possible in Canada without obtaining a social license from Indigenous People (First Nations).

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The Abitibiwinni First Nation Council and the Lac Simon First Nation Council

Mining claim 'boom' pits prospectors against public in suburban Gatineau

Alistair Steele, CBC News

The head of a Montreal-based mineral exploration company is reassuring hundreds of residents of Gatineau, Que., that it has no immediate plans to mine for phosphate, a vital and increasingly sought-after component of electric car batteries, in the ground beneath their homes.

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CBC News
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BC Lags on Key Commitment as Environmental Assessment Act Turns Five Years Old

Environmental groups call on the BC government to deliver on its long-delayed promise to establish a public participation funding program for environmental assessments

xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) & səl̓ilwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Territories/VANCOUVER – Today, a coalition of BC environmental groups is urging the BC government to follow through on a key commitment that would better enable members of the public to participate in environmental decisions. 

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MiningWatch Canada – Northwest Institute – Sierra Club BC – SkeenaWild – West Coast Environmental Law Association – Wildsight

The Shuar Arutam People Reiterate Opposition to the Warintza Project After Announced Advanced Exploration

The Shuar Arutam People ratify its opposition to the Warintza mining project in response to a public announcement about advanced exploration and attempts to seek additional investments to expand a project that has not undergone a consultation process 

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Pueblo Shuar Arutam - PSHA
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