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| Court to hear injunction request against Barrick Gold extractions in Dominican Republic Dominican Today April 22nd, 2015 Sanchez Ramirez province (northeast) Civil Court judge Jacqueline Y. Ramos will hear on April 28 the request for an injunction to halt mining against Barrick Gold�s local operation Pueblo Viejo Dominicana filed by the missionary Rafael Guill�n, EFE reports. |
| Chile regulator seeks new sanctions against Barrick's Pascua-Lama Reuters April 22nd, 2015 Chile's environmental regulator SMA said on Wednesday it will seek new sanctions against Barrick Gold Corp's massive Pascua-Lama gold and silver project, further complicating the possibility that the suspended mine might resume construction. |
| Chile regulator says could cancel permit for Barrick's Pascua-Lama
Reuters January 21st, 2015 Chile's environmental regulator is re-evaluating penalties on Barrick Gold Corp's Pascua-Lama project, a process that could include cancelling the embattled mine's permit, the head of the government body told a local daily newspaper. |
| CEDHA offers expert testimony against Barrick Gold in Chilean Tribunals CEDHA April 27th, 2014 On the one year anniversary of the suspension of Pascua Lama due to impacts to glaciers and other water resources, Jorge Daniel Taillant, Director of the Center for Human Rights and Environment (in Argentina) spoke for two hours today before Chile�s Environmental Tribunal to answer questions regarding reports CEDHA has produced to draw attention to Barrick Gold�s Pascua Lama project impacts to hitherto ignored but extremely relevant swaths of land called Periglacial Environments. These frozen hydrological resources help glaciated areas store and regulate water flow to downstream water basins for millions of people. |
| Hearing in Grants, NM to review Barrick's Homestake site, where contamination has spread in recent years Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment (MASE) April 25th, 2014 The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is set to renew the Homestake Mining Company�s Discharge Permit, DP-200, with some modifications that would allow Homestake to nearly double its use of the public's water supply to dilute contaminants at its Superfund site. |
| Behind Barrick's meltdown in the Atacama desert by STEPHANIE NOLEN, Globe and Mail April 24th, 2014 In Chile today, you could spend a very long time trying to find anyone with a good word to say about Pascua-Lama. |
| Five whistleblowers speak out against Barrick, court documents reveal Court documents filed by Labaton Sucharow LLP on August 2, 2013 related to a class action lawsuit on behalf of shareholders of Barrick Gold reveal the testimonies of five former Barrick employees. These confidential witnesses confirm that Barrick top management knew that construction at the Pascua Lama Project was contaminating nearby water sources and breaching environmental conditions that led to the suspension of the project. These witnesses also testify that at a time when the company was estimating that the Project's cost would be between $2.8 and $3 billion, Barrick already had in its possession an engineering report estimating costs for the Project at nearly twice that figure. |
 | The Case Against Barrick Gold: Why Shareholders are turning on this mining giant by Sakura Saunders, Special to ProtestBarrick July 26th, 2013 On June 5, 2013, Lewis and Patricia Clark filed a class action lawsuit for themselves and other shareholders against the world's largest gold miner for �making false and misleading statements and concealed material information� relating to Pascua-Lama�s delays and costs. The class covers everyone who bought Barrick common stock between May 7, 2009, and May 23, 2013. Since this date, at least 9 law-firms have taken on the case against Barrick. |
| Exclusive: Chile indigenous group likely to appeal Barrick ruling: lawyer by Alexandra Ulmer, Reuters July 18th, 2013 A Chilean indigenous group will likely ask the Supreme Court to review a lower court decision on Barrick Gold Corp's Pascua-Lama gold mine, because the ruling does not go far enough to protect the environment, a lawyer representing the group told Reuters on Thursday. |
| Chile court rules for Indians against Barrick Gold by EVA VERGARA, Associated Press July 14th, 2013 A Chilean appeals court ruled against the world's largest gold mining company on Monday, favoring Chilean Indians who accuse Barrick Gold Corp. of contaminating their water downstream and creating more doubts about the future of the world's highest gold mine. The judges in the northern city of Copiapo unanimously ruled that Barrick must keep all its environmental promises before moving forward with construction of the Pascua-Lama mine at the very top of Chile's mountainous border with Argentina. They also said Barrick must monitor the condition of three glaciers next to the mine project. |
| VIDEO: Diaguita Sing Against Barrick Gold A video and song by Pedro Martinez, a member of the ethnic Diaguita who are opposed to Barrick Gold on their lands. |
| Shifting Prospects by Tim Elliot, Sydney Morning Herald - Good Weekend In the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, the locals are largely locked out of the wealth of a lucrative goldmine. Tim Elliott meets a few brave young men determined to claim just a tiny piece of pie. |
| Barrick's Pascua Lama could wind up costing US$10bn, analyst says by Alexandra Demo-Dananberg, BN Americas June 26th, 2013 Canadian Barrick Gold's Pascua Lama project on the border of Chile and Argentina could wind up costing US$10bn to build, according to Credit Suisse analyst Anita Soni. |
| Open letter to Corporate Knights regarding Barrick's placement at #4 on "Best 50 of 2013" by ProtestBarrick.net June 14th, 2013 I am writing in response to your recent "Best 50 of 2013" listing, where you place Barrick Gold in the position of 4th best corporate citizen. You acknowledged that awarding them this honour would stir controversy, as you acknowledge the company has many accusations placed against it for human rights abuses, and even the Chilean government recently shut down its Pascua Lama project due to "environmental irregularities". Still, referencing "publicly disclosed data points that can be compared across companies", you insist that Barrick is a corporate leader. |
| Corporate Knights defend abusive corporations
by Sakura Saunders, An edited version appeared in NOW Magazine June 13th, 2013 You only need to check out Corporate Knights magazine�s just-issued Best 50 Corporate Citizens In Canada index to get that �clean capitalism� is all show, no substance. |
| Q&A: Sen. Allende on Barrick Gold�s controversial Chilean mine by Kalynne Dakin, Santiago Times May 8th, 2013 The Socialist Party senator addresses constituent and worker concerns as US$8.5 billion Pascua-Lama mine faces shutdown. |
 | Barrick�s mea culpa
by Christian Pena, Now Magazine May 2nd, 2013 If spirits were low inside the venue, outside the mood was buoyant. Activists cheerfully propped up a monster puppet of Munk with a Pinocchio nose to illustrate their view of the company�s claims to social responsibility and drew attention to Barrick�s incursions on indigenous land and its reaction to alleged gang rapes and abuses by company security in Papua New Guinea. |
| Barrick�s environmental foes jump on wobbly miner by MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT , Globe and Mail April 25th, 2013 The long term outlook for Barrick shares hinges on many factors: the gold price is obviously the biggest driver, but the company also faces vociferous opposition from environmentalists and many residents around its mine sites, which should be a long term worry for shareholders. |
| Barrick AGM Protest in pictures protestbarrick.net April 24th, 2013 Protesters braved the rain to send a message to shareholders of Barrick Gold: "Barrick is a toxic asset, invest in life!" (all photos Allan.Lissner.net) |
| Chile rejects Barrick�s appeal to resume work at Pascua Lama by Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.com April 23rd, 2013 Chilean appeals court rejected Canadian Barrick Gold (NYSE, TSX: ABX) subsidiary Minera Nevada's plea to reverse the order to suspend construction on the troubled Pascua Lama gold and silver project. |
