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| Tanzania: Two Killed in Mine Invasion by Jacob Mugini, Tanzania Daily News March 4th, 2013 TWO people were on Saturday killed at the North Mara Gold Mine which is operated by African Barrick Gold (ABG), police have said. "Examination on the bodies of the deceased at the Tarime District Hospital has just been concluded and it indicates that the lady was shot on her left eye by a bullet which came out of her body through her back and we are still investigating whether the bullet was fired by our officers,' Mr Sabastian Zakaria, a senior police officer at the Tarime special regional police zone said on Sunday afternoon. |
| Globe and Mail proclaims on rapes in Papua New Guinea by Catherine Coumans, http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/miningwatch/2013/02/globe-and-mail-proclaims-rapes-papua-new-guinea On February 13, The Globe and Mail�s editorial board weighed in on the important issue of rapes by security guards at Barrick�s mine in Papua New Guinea (�Give due credit to Barrick Gold�). Remarkably, The Globe determined that the deal Barrick is offering women who were raped and gang raped by employees of its Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea�seems fair.� In return for such things as �counselling, access to micro-credit and medical care� Barrick requires of a rape victim that �she will not pursue or participate in any legal action� against the company �in or outside of PNG.� |
| Rape Victims Must Sign Away Rights to Get Remedy from Barrick by MiningWatch Canada � Rights& Accountability in Development � EarthRights International, http://www.miningwatch.ca/news/rape-victims-must-sign-away-rights-get-remedy-barrick January 30th, 2013 Following years of denial, Barrick Gold is implementing a remedy program for victims of rape by employees of its Porgera Joint Venture (PJV) mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG). In order to receive a remedy package, women must enter into an agreement in which �the claimant agrees that she will not pursue or participate in any legal action against PJV, PRFA [Porgera Remediation Framework Association Inc.] or Barrick in or outside of PNG. PRFA and Barrick will be able to rely on the agreement as a bar to any legal proceedings which may be brought by the claimant in breach of the agreement.� |
| Rape Victims Must Sign Away Rights to Get Remedy from Barrick by MiningWatch Canada � Rights& Accountability in Development � EarthRights International, http://www.miningwatch.ca/news/rape-victims-must-sign-away-rights-get-remedy-barrick January 30th, 2013 Following years of denial, Barrick Gold is implementing a remedy program for victims of rape by employees of its Porgera Joint Venture (PJV) mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG). In order to receive a remedy package, women must enter into an agreement in which �the claimant agrees that she will not pursue or participate in any legal action against PJV, PRFA [Porgera Remediation Framework Association Inc.] or Barrick in or outside of PNG. PRFA and Barrick will be able to rely on the agreement as a bar to any legal proceedings which may be brought by the claimant in breach of the agreement.� |
| Nemc�s order to Barrick: SHUT DOWN THE TOXIC TAILINGS POND by Beldina Nyakeke, The Citizen (Tanzania) January 26th, 2013 Mining giant African Barrick Gold was yesterday ordered to close a pit refuse facility at North Mara due to toxic leakages that are contaminating local water sources. |
| Conflicts surrounding Canadian mines �a serious problem� by Catherine Solyom, Montreal Gazette December 18th, 2012 Canadians abroad have long benefited from what psychologists call �the halo effect�: Because of its reputation as a peace-loving, human-rights respecting, tree-hugging land, Canada can do no wrong. But perceptions in Latin America are changing, say observers here and there, as conflicts pitting Canadian mines against local communities become entrenched and spread across continents, and the line between those companies and the Canadian government becomes increasingly blurred. |
| Ottawa signals shift in foreign-aid policy toward private sector by KIM MACKRAEL, Globe and Mail November 22nd, 2012 The federal government is signalling a profound shift in its approach to foreign aid that could see Canada�s international development agency align itself more closely with the private sector and work more explicitly to promote Canada�s interests abroad. |
| Thousands invade gold mine in Mara. One dead. The Guardian Tanzania November 9th, 2012 More than 4,000 people in Tarime District armed with traditional weapons have raided the North Mara Gold Mine (ABG) with the intention of stealing rocks rich in gold, prompting policemen who were on patrol to use weapons to disperse them, killing one person in the process. |
| War is Peace: Francophonie summit exposes Canada's hypocrisy towards the Congo by Alain Denault, The Dominion Paper (Canada) October 15th, 2012 Comforted by the contradictions befitting classic Orwellian �doublespeak,� Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper attended the Sommet de la Francophonie in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, over the weekend. |
| Dozens injured in Barrick Gold Dominican Republic protest Dominican Today September 28th, 2012 At least 25 people were injured Thursday by shotgun pellets in the vilage of La Cabirma amid exchange of gunfire between police and protesters who demanded that the miner Barrick Pueblo Viejo hire more workers from their community. |
| Peru to Investigate Death In Barrick Gold Protests Peruvian Times September 22nd, 2012 Cabinet chief Juan Jimenez said an investigation will be launched into the death of an individual this week during protests against Canadian mining major Barrick Gold in Peru. |
| For Barrick, Tanzanian mines lose their lustre by Geoffrey York, Globe and Mail August 16th, 2012 Barrick Gold Corp.�s mining operations in Africa have been a publicity nightmare for the company for years, but until now the company had always seemed confident that the mines were profitable enough to withstand the damage to its reputation. |
| Ministry to meet Barrick over Mara mine conflicts by Jacob Mugini, Daily News July 15th, 2012 ENERGY and Minerals Ministry will soon meet with African Barrick Gold (ABG) management to find lasting solutions on recurrent conflicts between the Canadian miner and the local communities surrounding North Mara Gold Mine. |
| PNG to send troops to guard LNG, gold projects Reuters April 2nd, 2012 The Papua New Guinea government is to send troops to guard two major resources projects on Monday after people disrupted work at the sites, the prime minister's office said in a statement. |
| Barrick launches new corporate social responsibility advisory board by Craig Wong, The Canadian Press March 2nd, 2012 Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX) is setting up a new corporate social responsibility advisory board that includes former Canadian diplomat Robert Fowler. "I guess the question in my mind is what an advisory committee is going to tell them that isn't already quite well known and documented...and where the solutions have also been proposed and they're actually just awaiting implementation," said Jamie Kneen of Mining Watch Canada. |
| Barrick�s Tanzanian project tests ethical mining policies by Geoffrey York, Globe and Mail The Globe and Mail asks: How did a leading Canadian corporate citizen and the world�s top gold producer get itself into this contradiction? And why does Barrick continue mining in a place where bloodshed and corruption seem inescapable? |
| Barrick Gold�s Tanzanian headache by Geoffrey York, Globe and Mail, Report on Business Magazine September 30th, 2011 Geoffrey York reports in the Globe and Mail's Business magazine, over 11 pages with colour photos on Barrick's mine in North Mara 'As long as Tanzanians are forced to choose between dying for a living and the potential wealth that they can gain by invading Barrick�s gold mine, the bloodshed at North Mara is likely to continue. Weapons and walls are a poor solution.' |
| Surviving Rape in Papua New Guinea Human Rights Watch August 11th, 2011 What Would You Choose � Prison or Rape? This is what may women in Porgar, PNG are up against when they encounter Barrick Gold security guards. A report by Human Rights Watch |
| Pay Dirt? by Michelle Slater, Castlemaine Independent July 27th, 2011 Can gold ever be ethical? |
| In an African mine, the lust for gold sparks a deadly clash by GEOFFREY YORK, The Globe and Mail June 8th, 2011 The morning of May 16 began like many others. Carrying hammers and rucksacks, hundreds of Tanzanian villagers trudged to the mountain of waste rock at dawn expecting to make another illicit deal with the heavily armed police who protect it. Two hours later, at least five villagers were dead and many others wounded � gunned down by police at the gold mine owned by a subsidiary of Barrick Gold Corporation of Toronto. |
