News Articles
| Barrick Investors Win Class Cert. In Mine Compliance Row by Kurt Orzeck, Law 360 March 25th, 2016 A New York federal judge on Wednesday certified a class of investors accusing Barrick Gold Corp. of repeatedly and knowingly misleading them about whether its troubled $8.5 billion South American mining project complied with environmental regulations. |
| Barrick Gold contaminated 5 rivers in Argentina The Dawn News February 26th, 2016 A report by the authorities of the South American country revealed that the Canadian transnational company polluted 5 rivers in the province of San Juan |
| Barrick Gold spills Cyanide in 5 Argentine Rivers TeleSUR February 23rd, 2016 Argentina's Federal Police confirmed that Barrick Gold could be probed over environmental crimes in the country, concludes that there had been a �definite case of law infringement� of the country's legislation on the proper handling of hazardous substances. |
| Barrick Gold Mine Spill �Contaminated Five Rivers with Cyanide� by Azzura Lalani, The Argentina Independent February 23rd, 2016 Last September�s cyanide spill at the Veladero mine owned by Barrick Gold contaminated five rivers in the region, according to a federal court commissioned report. |
| Land dispute sends farmers, Barrick Gold back to court Dominican Today February 11th, 2016 Cotui, Dominican Republic. Hundreds of farmers on Thursday are gathered at the Sanchez Ramirez province (central) Land Court, site of the fifth hearing in their case against the miner Barrick Gold. Hundreds of people have sued the mining company to demand payment for the farmers� properties. |
| New Rape Allegations Emerge From Canadian Gold Mine in Papua New Guinea
by Hilary Beaumont, Vice News December 3rd, 2015 The very same day Harvard and Columbia released a report critical of how the largest gold mining company in the world dealt with rampant rape allegations at its Papua New Guinea mine, three men say the mine's guards forced them at gunpoint to perform sex acts on one another. |
| Million-Liter Cyanide Spill in Argentina Highlights Canadian Mining Crimes by Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams October 25th, 2015 Highlighting how corporate extractivism and lack of accountability is driving the destruction of Latin American communities, a Canadian mining company has now confirmed that more than one million liters of cyanide solution spilled from the Barrick Gold Veladero mine in San Juan, Argentina this month�making the spill more than four times larger than originally estimated. |
| Several injured in break-up of anti-mining protest in Argentina EFE October 23rd, 2015 Several people were injured and more than a score were arrested when police broke up an anti-mining protest near a Barrick Gold-operated mine in the northwestern Argentine province of San Juan, where a cyanide spill occurred last month, demonstrators said Friday. |
| Houses develop cracks caused by blasting activities by Barrick Lumwana mine Lusaka Times October 21st, 2015 Several houses in village around Kakaindu in Manyama area of Kalumbila district have developed cracks arising from blasting activities by Barrick Lumwana mine at Chimibungu pit. |
| �Barrick Spill Poisoned the Water of San Juan� Says Study by Azzura Lalani, The Argentina Independent The J�chal river basin, near to where Barrick Gold spilled 1m litres of cyanide solution last month, is contaminated with heavy metals up to 1,400% above safe levels, a study by the National University of Cuyo found. |
| UN experts analyze water samples in San Juan after cyanide spill Buenos Aires Herald September 20th, 2015 A group of United Nations (UN) experts started to analyze water samples of the rivers Jachal, Las Taguas and Blanco in San Juan to see if they have been polluted with cyanide, following an industrial malfunction at the Veladero mine that caused a pipe carrying the lethal substance to fracture. |
| Leak poisons Barrick Gold�s reputation by Michael Lerner , Blouin News Business September 18th, 2015 An Argentine judge on Wednesday ordered a five-day suspension of the gold leaching process at Barrick Gold Corp.�s Veladero mine in San Juan province. The purpose is to check if there was any environmental damage from a 15,000 liter cyanide leak on Sunday caused by a faulty valve. Local residents of J�chal, outraged and fearful of their water supply being contaminated, began protesting as soon as they found out, and spurred the governments of the province and the nation to action. |
| Porgera�s new joint owner has a terrible record in China by Yang Chuanmin, The Guardian UK Chinese Zijin Mining has bought a 49.5% stake in Barrick Gold�s already troubled Porgera mine. The new owner has a terrible environmental and human rights record in China |
| 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. |
 | CONFRONT BARRICK GOLD 2015 WHEN: Tuesday, April 28 WHERE: 255 Front St. (Metro Convention Centre) Toronto |
| Swedish Public Funds Drop Stocks over Ethics Concerns Chief Investment Officer April 9th, 2015 The Ethics Council, formed by four of Sweden�s national pension funds, has excluded three companies from investment portfolios after deciding further dialogue over their concerns would be fruitless. |
| Barrick Settlement on Rapes and Killings in Papua New Guinea Proof that Victims Need Independent Legal Counsel Mining Watch April 3rd, 2015 April 3, 2015. Today, eleven of at least 120 women who claim to have been raped and gang raped by security guards at Barrick Gold�s Porgera Joint Venture mine in Papua New Guinea, and three of many more men and their families who claim to have been the victims of violence and killing by security guards, finally got equitable settlements. These fortunate claimants were the clients of lawyers with US-based EarthRights International, who was prepared to file legal cases on their behalf. |
| Canada mining firm compensates Papua New Guinea women after alleged rapes by Karen McVeigh, Guardian April 3rd, 2015 Watchdog reported pattern of extreme sexual violence by security workers 11 tribal women said a previous �remedy framework� for 137 women fell short |
| 200 girls and women raped: now 11 of them win better compensation from the world's biggest gold miner by Rick Feneley, Sydney Morning Herald April 3rd, 2015 Out-of-court settlement prevents human rights group EarthRights International filing a lawsuit against Barrick Gold in the United States. |
