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| Munk takes on mine protesters, defends capitalism: �We do not need your money,� Indigenous Chilean woman tells Barrick Gold by John Spears, The Star April 28th, 2010 Mark Ekepa journeyed from Papua New Guinea to tell the shareholders of Barrick Gold Corp. how police had burned down his house near the Barrick�s Porgera mine. Idolia Bornones travelled from Chile to say that Barrick operations are damaging local glaciers and rivers. But Barrick chairman Peter Munk was unrepentant as he faced the company�s annual meeting. |
| 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. |
| Barrick Gold year in Review: One Company, 9 Countries, Countless abuses by Sakura Saunders, editor protestbarrick.net April 26th, 2010 From mass poisonings and mass mobilizations in the Dominican Republic, to damning reports in PNG and Tanzania to lawsuits in Chile and the US, Barrick has had its hands full this year in dealing with mounting opposition to its mines. In this Year in Review, you'll find out the ways that Barrick has damaged communities around the world and the many ways that communities are fighting back and demanding justice. |
| On the frontline of climate change
This week's massive climate conference in Bolivia played host to a geographically diverse group of diplomats from the US, well-versed in advancing tough negotiating postures, and working within a framework of international treaties often not worth the paper they're printed on. The US delegation didn't come from the state department, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the department of energy. Yet one delegate was given central billing in the inaugural event that kicked off the conference earlier in the week. |
| Barrick Gold Suit May Cut Nevada Mine Output by Half (Update3) by Joe Schneider, Bloomberg Barrick Gold Corp.�s plan to double production at a Nevada gold mine complex this year by digging out an additional $625 million in deposits may turn on a judge�s decision in an environmental suit by American Indian tribes. |
| The campaign to save Lake Cowal by Felicity Royds, The Green Left Weekly March 13th, 2010 Lake Cowal, located between the Murrumbidgee and Lachlan rivers that feed into the Murray Darling basin, is the sacred heartland of the Wiradjuri country. The important wetland and conservation area is also home to an open-pit goldmine, operated by Canada-based multinational Barrick Gold. |
| Chile starts environmental probe into Pascua-Lama by Reporting by Fabian Cambero and Alonso Soto; editing by Jim Marshall, Rueters January 21st, 2010 Chilean environmental authorities said on Thursday it began a probe into the construction of top gold miner Barrick's massive Pascua-Lama project, which could lead to fines or even a revoked concession. |
 | Once Upon a Water Source by Jessie Boylan, http://jessieboylan.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/once-upon-a-water-source/ Freelance photojournalist, Jessie Boylan visits community impacted by Barrick Gold�s North Mara Mine in Tanzania after their land and lives were dramatically impacted by toxic contamination from a leakage at the mine site in May 2009. |
| Ban Barrick: Organizations demand to stop construction of Pascua Lama Radio Mundo Feminist, religious and environmental organizations in Chile issued a declaration on the extractive project Pascua Lama, carried out by Canadian mining transnational corporation Barrick Gold in Huasco province, Chile and San Juan province, Argentina. |
| Government Study: Chilean Gold Mine Threatens Local Glaciers by James Fowler, LA TERCERA, LA NACION via Santiago Times January 7th, 2010 Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold, the owner of what would be Chile�s largest gold mine, Pascua Lama, could face legal sanctions after Chile�s national water commission (DGA) reported that the company is failing to comply with Chile�s environmental laws. |
 | US court blocks huge gold mine project in Nevada by SCOTT SONNER , Sacramento Bee/ Associated Press December 3rd, 2009 A federal appeals court on Thursday temporarily blocked construction of a massive gold mine project in northeast Nevada that critics say would harm the environment and ruin a mountain that several tribes consider sacred. In a rare legal setback for the mining industry in the nation's largest gold-producing state, a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals granted an injunction to force Barrick Gold Corp. to postpone digging a 2,000-foot deep open pit at the Cortez Hills mine. |
| Miner accused of 'aggressive' tactics by Les Whittington and Brett Popplewell, Toronto Star November 25th, 2009 Testifying by video hookup at hearings of the House of Commons foreign affairs committee, Romina Picolotti singled out Toronto-based Barrick Gold Corp. as one of the multinationals that used political and economic clout to block government intervention in the firm's mining ventures in Argentina. |
| Activists call for mine closures in face of Lachlan water crisis savelakecowal.org October 27th, 2009 Aboriginal elders and environmental activists are calling for mining in the Lachlan Catchment of New South Wales to be halted as the Wyangala Dam dries up. |
 | Mine water use apparently ignored in water crisis Indigenous Justice Advocacy Network October 26th, 2009 �Following the decision of authorities on 23 October to halve water flows from the Wyangala Dam on 1 November 2009 and the spectre of towns without water, we can�t understand why mines and exploration projects in the Lachlan Catchment are not being closed down,� said Wiradjuri Elder, Neville Williams. |
| Water crisis in west as Lachlan River runs dry by MARIAN WILKINSON AND BEN CUBBY, Sydney Morning Herald October 24th, 2009 THOUSANDS of households in western NSW are facing an unprecedented water crisis and the State Government is stepping up plans to help truck water to several towns, while others will be restricted to using water only for critical human needs. |
| Tanzania Government bans water use near Barrick mine Intercontinental Cry July 9th, 2009 The Tanzania government has banned the use of water from the Tigithe River, which may be contaminated with Sulphiric acid used by the Canadian company Barrick Gold at their North Mara Gold Mine in the Tarime discrict. |
| Mine expansion delayed by Indigenous owners by Simon Butler, GreenLeft Weekly July 4th, 2009 The NSW Supreme court of appeal ruled on July 1 that a planned expansion of the Lake Cowal gold mine in the central-west of NSW cannot go ahead for up to three months. |
| Supreme Court ruling weakens Cortez challenge by ADELLA HARDING, Elko Daily Free Press June 13th, 2009 The nation�s high court turned down an appeal from Indian tribes in Arizona that had a direct link to the lawsuit filed by Western Shoshone tribes, the Western Shoshone Defense Project and Great Basin Resource Watch. �We will be dropping the claim, but we will be going forward on the other issues,� Colorado-based Western Mining Action Project lawyer Jeff Parsons said this week. |
| Guards accused of assaulting workers by Nick O'Malley, Sydney Morning Herald June 10th, 2009 VILLAGERS are keeping a list of the dozens of people they say have been killed or assaulted by police and security forces guarding a goldmine in Papua New Guinea run by the multinational, Australian-based Canadian mining company, Barrick Gold. |
| A walk through the valley of death by Nick O'Malley, Sydney Morning Herald June 9th, 2009 Violence surrounding a PNG mine raises questions about the company's responsibility, writes Nick O'Malley. |
