Testimony before Canadian Parliament re Barrick & Porgera JV (Papua New Guinea) Business and Human Rights Resource Centre In October & November 2009, the Canadian House of Commons' Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs & Intl. Development held hearings on "Bill C-300, An Act respecting Corporate Accountability". The following statements were made regarding issues including allegations of killings, rape & other security problems involving personnel at the Porgera Joint Venture in Papua New Guinea, as well as the Porgera mine's environmental impacts. (Barrick Gold holds a large majority stake of the Porgera Joint Venture.)

DECLARATION OF BINATIONAL MEETING CHILE AND ARGENTINA:"LOS ANDES MINING WITHOUT BORDER" July 15th, 2010

Statement of the Diaguita Huascoaltinos Indigenous and Agricultural Community, Chile April 28th, 2010 Statement of the Diaguita Huascoaltinos community, prepared for the 2010 Barrick annual general meeting held on April 28, 2010.

HUASCOALTINOS CLAIM IS ADMITTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS: a statement from the Diaguita Huascoaltinos Diaguita Huascoaltinos Indigenous and Agricultural Community February 23rd, 2010 On February 12 we were notified that the request for our Diaguita Agricultural Community Los Huascoaltinos was deemed admissible by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). Thus, this international body recognizes that the Chilean state committed alleged violations of rights enshrined in the American Convention on Human Rights when Chile approved Barrick Gold’s Pascua Lama mining project.

STATEMENT: Testimony of Sergio Campusano, prepared for Barrick Gold's 2009 Annual General Meeting

Video Presentation of Sergio Campusano during '08 protestbarrick tour. (en español) by Sergio Campusano, Diaguita Huascoaltinos Indigenous and Agricultural Community May 15th, 2008

May 2nd Action In Vallenar, Chile by Atacama Limpio, atacamalimpio [at] hotmail.com Around 80 persons gathered in the Plaza de Armas in Vallenar to respond to the call made by the Ecological Group Clean Atacama and the Board of Defense of the Valley to protest against the mining firm Barrick Gold, a demonstration which was part of a worldwide day of action against the transnacional company for the effects which the are affecting upon the Huasco valley in their Pascua Lama mining project.

Other Barrick Projects in Chile: Luís Faura Cortes, Councilperson of Alto del Carmen by Luís Faura Cortes Testimony of Luís Faura Cortes, Councilperson of Alto del Carmen.

Critique of Water Shares Agreement and Barrick's "94% approval rating": Luis Faura Cortes, Councilperson of Alto del Carmen. by Luís Faura Cortes January 15th, 2007 Testimony of Luis Faura Cortes, Councilperson of Alto del Carmen, about the misleading water shares agreement between the Vigilance Junta and Barrick Gold.