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| Sisters take on mining giant by Michael Swan, Catholic Register February 29th, 2008 The Quebec-based teaching order Les Soeurs des Sainte-Anne, with the backing of Les Soeurs des Saints Noms de Jesus et de Marie and the union-backed pension and mutual fund company Batirente, want Barrick Gold Corp. to answer questions about the company�s $2.4-billion Pascua Lama project, an open pit gold mine the company is developing high in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile. |
| CHILE-ARGENTINA: Pascua Lama Mining Project on Hold by Daniela Estrada, Inter Press Service January 17th, 2008 Nearly two years after winning environmental approval from the Chilean government, the controversial Pascua Lama gold mining project of the transnational Barrick Gold Corporation remains without a launch date. |
| ENVIROS DETECT HYPOCRISY IN CONAMA�S SUPPORT OF INVESTIGATION by Alex Cacciari, Santiago Times December 13th, 2007 Leaders of the Chilean environmental movement spoke out Wednesday against the National Environmental Commission�s (CONAMA) support of the government�s monitoring of environmental NGO campaigns. This comes after the Chilean daily La Tercera disclosed last Friday that Chile�s National Intelligence Agency (ANI) has increased oversight of environmental campaigns against three of the country�s most controversial environmental undertakings � the Ays�n dam, the Pascua Lama gold mine, and Celulosa Arauco�s (CELCO) proposed waste duct into the sea. |
| CHILE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY MONITORS ENVIRONMENTAL NGOS by Matt Malinowski, La Tercera via The Santiago Times December 10th, 2007 Environmental Activists Alarmed, But Not Surprised About The News |
| Barrick to buy Arizona Star for $773M, looking to cash in on high gold prices The Canadian Press TORONTO - Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX) is hoping to cash in on high gold prices by buying Arizona Star Resource Corp. (TSXV:AZS) for C$773 million in a friendly deal that will give it control of one of the world's largest undeveloped gold and copper projects - the Cerro Casale deposit in Chile. |
| Barrick targets Chile project: Miner bids for Arizona Star to gain control of hugely expensive gold, copper venture by ANDY HOFFMAN AND JOHN PARTRIDGE , The Globe and Mail In a deal marking a bullish shift in sentiment for the world's largest producer, Barrick Gold Corp. is offering $773-million for Arizona Star Resource Corp. to gain control of a massive gold and copper project in Chile that has languished in uncertainty for more than a decade. |
| CHILE APPEALS COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF BARRICK GOLD (with clarification of judgment) by El Mercurio (via The Santiago Times), Rob Bartlett Canadian mining company Barrick Gold won a key legal battle in Chile�s legal system on Monday when an Appeals Court annulled a lower court ruling which, if it had stood, would have seriously hampered the company�s US$2.4 billion Pascua Lama gold mine project. |
| PASCUA LAMA PAYOFF DISPUTED BY CHILE LOCALS by Trey Pollard, Santiago Times/El Mercurio September 11th, 2007 Huasco Valley property owners who live below the Pascua Lama gold mine and administer US$3 million yearly in �hush� money given them by mine owner Barrick Gold charged this weekend that their predecessors used Barrick�s money for personal gain. |
| La Iglesia y la Comunidad del Valle del Huasco reafirman su compromiso por la Vida y contra la depredaci�n minera by Luis Manuel Claps August 15th, 2007 El 15 de agosto, las comunidades del Valle del Huasco se reunieron para celebrar a la Virgen Nuestra Se�ora del Tr�nsito, pero esta vez la fiesta centenaria, estuvo atravesada por una Caminata por la Vida, que denunci� los atropellos de la gran miner�a y defendi� la identidad agr�cola del Valle. |
| PM's interest in Latin America easily explained by Thomas Walkom, The Star August 3rd, 2007 On the face of it, Stephen Harper's sudden new fascination with Latin America is baffling. Until February, he expressed no interest in the region. Now, after a six-day swing through Colombia, Chile, Barbados and Haiti, he has declared South America a key foreign policy priority. |
| Barrick cautious over Pascua Lama by Cameron French, Reuters TORONTO -- Barrick Gold Corp. is "cautious" about the approval process for its Pascua-Lama gold project and could face construction delays if it can't soon reach agreements with the governments of Chile and Argentina, chief executive officer Greg Wilkins said yesterday. |
| Declaration delivered during the demonstration and received by Barrick to give to the Prime Minister |
| Canadian Prime Minister enters Barrick's Offices through the Back Door
The Dominion Two hours late and in the presence of a huge security entourage that included guards, police and special forces, Stephen Harper arrived at the offices of Barrick Gold and entered through the parking area, in order to avoid the peoples' protest that started at 8:00 am at the entrance to the building. |
| Harper's visit to Barrick draws group of protesters by Allan Woods , Toronto Star SANTIAGO, CHILE�Prime Minister Stephen Harper was greeted by a small group of protesters as he visited mining giant Barrick Gold's headquarters in Chile yesterday. |
| Protesters say 'Harper go home' on PM's last day in Chile The Canadian Press Prime Minister Stephen Harper was greeted with "Harper go home" and "Canada: What's HARPERing here?" signs on Wednesday morning as he spent his last day in Chile visiting a controversial Canadian mining company. |
| Controversia por mina de oro espera al Pimer Ministro en Santiago by Allan Woods (versi�n en espa�ol de Luis Manuel Claps), Toronto Star SANTIAGO, CHILE � Un viaje de buenas noticias y estrechamiento de lazos con Am�rica Latina encontrar� los primeros signos de controversia esta ma�ana cuando el Primer Ministro Stephen Harper visite una empresa minera canadiense que, seg�n sus cr�ticos, provocar� da�os en el medioambiente y las poblaciones locales. |
| Gold mine controversy awaits PM in Santiago by Allan Woods , TheStar.com SANTIAGO, CHILE�A good-news trip of trade and closer ties with Latin America will encounter the first signs of controversy this morning when Prime Minister Stephen Harper visits a Canadian mining operation that critics say will hurt the environment and local people. |
| PM turns Canada's focus south by Allan Woods, OTTAWA BUREAU OTTAWA�Prime Minister Stephen Harper sets off for Latin America and the Caribbean tomorrow to wave the Canadian flag in a region that the government, in a major foreign policy shift, now considers "our neighbourhood." |
| CHILE: Barrick Land Rip-off on Trial by Monica Evans, The Valparaiso Times July 13th, 2007 A Court of Appeals trial began last Friday to determine who rightfully owns 8,600 hectares of land that Canadian mining company Barrick Gold bought from illiterate farmer Rodolfo Villar for 10,000 pesos (US$20). |
 | Gold rush threatens glacier by Lucia Newman in the Huasco Valley, Chile, Al Jazeera Hernan Calderon says he is just an "insignificant insect" to the owners of the Pascua Lama gold mine high in the Andes mountains in northern Chile. The cattle herder used to be able to check his herds in the fields of the Huasco Valley via a public road. He now requires a key for a gate erected after the land was bought by the Canadian company Barrick Gold, the largest mining company in the world. |
