Today, as Taseko Mines Ltd. tries to revive its case against the federal environmental assessment of its proposed New Prosperity copper-gold mine in Tŝilhqot’in territory in central British Columbia to the Federal Court of Appeal, we thought it would be useful to revisit the issues that brought MiningWatch to intervene in support of the environmental assessment – and in support of the Tŝilhqot’in National Government which has been protecting its territory through the many years this project has been on the books.

(Ecuador, Ottawa) Today, MiningWatch Canada staff delivered a letter to the nearly-nonexistent offices of Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc. (TSX-V: CGP) in a small strip mall in Orleans, Ontario. The company is not listed on the advertising sign out front, nor is it on the directory at the building’s entrance. Only a small printed paper listed the company’s name, along with Tetra-Bio Pharma Inc. and Sabino Di Paola, CPA, the company’s Chief Financial Officer.

(Vancouver) Ecojustice lawyers will be appearing in the Federal Court of Appeal today on behalf of MiningWatch Canada, to intervene in a case that will determine the future of Taseko’s proposed New Prosperity mine project.

Jamie Kneen, communications and outreach coordinator at MiningWatch Canada, and Olivia French, Ecojustice lawyer, are available for comment on the issue.

On November 29, 2018, Canadian mining company INV Metals (TSX: INV) released the results of the feasibility study for its Loma Larga gold-copper-silver project in Kimsacocha, Ecuador. The company’s press release and corporate presentation on the study communicate an unwavering sense of local support for the project and a commitment to water and environmental protection.

Candace MacGibbon, the company’s CEO and 5% shareholder, stated in the company’s press release that:

(Ottawa, Tatamagouche) On Friday, January 4th, just four days before shareholders are to vote on the proposed Pan American Silver-Tahoe Resources merger, MiningWatch Canada and the Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network (BTS), submitted an investor alert to the Canadian Pension Plan’s Investment Board (CPPIB).  

Accountability group seeks report on consultation with Guatemala’s Xinka Indigenous people

Originally published by Mongabay at https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/copper-mine-destroying-forests-in-panamas-mesoamerican-biological-corridor/; republished with permission and thanks to Mongabay.

BY JOSÉ ARCIA ON 24 DECEMBER 2018 | TRANSLATED BY ROMINA CASTAGNINO

From Dateline Pacific, 4:04 pm on 19 December 2018 

A spokesperson for MiningWatch Canada says after the Porgera region in Papua New Guinea has hosted a huge open cut gold mine for nearly 30 years, the people are desperate.

Catherine Coumans was speaking as a landowners' group called the Justice Foundation for Porgera announced it was suing the PNG government for billions of dollars over the destruction caused by the Barrick Niugini mine.

(Ottawa/Manila) In October, 27 individuals and a number of organizations in the Philippines found themselves targeted in a way that is a common precursor to extra-judicial killings. The one thing these individuals and organizations have in common is their open criticism of Canadian mining company OceanaGold’s copper-gold mine in the Province of Nueva Vizcaya.

Catherine Coumans talks to Coop Radio's "Redeye" about the need for an ombudsperson to monitor the practices of Canadian mining companies abroad, and the Canadian government's announced (but not yet appointed) CORE - Canada's Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise.