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| New Zealand Superannuation Fund excludes Barrick Gold and subsidiary African Barrick Gold on responsible investment grounds New Zealand Superannuation Fund May 13th, 2013 The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has excluded global mining company Barrick Gold Corporation and its subsidiary African Barrick Gold from its $22 billion investment portfolio on responsible investment grounds. |
| 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. |
| US$96M fine ratchets Dominican Republic-Barrick Gold showdown Dominican Today May 1st, 2013 The Dominican Government on Wednesday halted another precious metal shipment by Barrick Gold, just hours after offering the Canadian based minor a �final deal� to amend the contract for the mine at Pueblo Viejo. |
| 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. |
 | New Report! "Debunking Barrick" by multiple authors, ProtestBarrick April 23rd, 2013 As Protest Barrick completes its sixth year of working with communities impacted by Barrick Gold, we are publishing a different kind of alternative annual report. We have noticed over the years that despite some of Barrick`s major abuses coming into light, the company has been able to maintain � within select circles � a reputation for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Meanwhile, around the world, Barrick�s name is still associated with corruption, abuse and environmental harms. |
| Dominicans Protest Against Canadian Miner Barrick Gold Latin American Herald Tribune April 22nd, 2013 Dozens of people marched Thursday in this northern Dominican city against Canadian miner Barrick Gold, which is developing the massive Pueblo Viejo gold mine in the Caribbean nation. |
| 2012-13: Un mal a�o para Barrick April 19th, 2013 Extracto de "Debunking Barrick", un informe anual alternativo sobre Barrick Gold. |
| 2012-13: A bad year for Barrick excerpt of "Debunking Barrick", an alternative annual report on Barrick Gold April 18th, 2013 Before you think about investing in Barrick, check out this timeline of actions against Barrick's operations around the world since last July. |
| Barrick Gold: Is Pascua-Lama A Mine That Should Not Be Built? Seeking Alpha April 16th, 2013 The uphill struggle for Barrick Gold (ABX) to finally bring the Pascua-Lama mine into production hit another snag last week when a Chilean court ordered all works on the Chilean side of the project to cease pending a decision on a complaint filed by a group of native indigenous people. Court sources quoted by Reuters anticipate the dispute to go to the Chilean Supreme Court, which could mean delays to the order of several months. The suspension is the latest in a series of setbacks to the Pascua-Lama project. Target dates for initial production have been delayed, and cost estimates had to be corrected at least twice. |
 | CONFRONT BARRICK: 2013 AGM Protest and Alternative Annual Report! Once a year, the board of Directors of the world�s most powerful gold mining corporation converge in downtown Toronto. This year, we're releasing a report that chronicles Barrick's lies and highlights the true stories behind their false CSR spin. Help us ensure that these stories don't get ignored. |
| Chile court suspends Barrick's Pascua Lama mine by LUIS ANDRES HENAO, Associated Press April 10th, 2013 A Chilean court on Wednesday suspended Barrick Gold Corp's Pascua Lama mine after indigenous communities complained that the project is threatening their water supply and polluting glaciers. |
| Barrick Gold Could Lose the Pascua Lama Project El Ciudadano, Translation by Molly Fohn April 3rd, 2013 The largest gold mining company in the world, Barrick Gold and its Chilean subsidiary, Nevada Spa Mining, could lose in the coming months the Pascua deposit worth millions after a series of frauds regarding mining property and repeated poor environmental practices. The deposit is known as the Pascua-Lama, with the name Pascua from the Chilean side, and Lama from the Argentine side. |
| PASCUA LAMA: Charges filed against the controversial project for failing to meet the environmental standards, conditions, and measures. by SEBASTIAN MARCHANT, 24 Horas The Environmental Superintendent of Chile filed charges on Wednesday against Nevada Mining SpA, who is the owner of Pasca Lama project in Chile, because the project fails to meet the conditions, rules and measures established by the Environmental Qualification Resolution delivered in 2006. Chilean authorities also found Barrick's self-reporting did not meet the requirements of Article 41 of the Organic Superintendency Law, which requires the provision of accurate, truthful and verifiable facts by the holder. |
| Barrick�s huge pay: Is enough
enough? The Globe and Mail March 29th, 2013 Barrick Gold Corp. shareholders have rubber-stamped the company�s rich executive compensation in previous years, but this year sets a high water mark for bonuses at a time when the miner is missing financial and operating targets. Is enough finally enough? |
| Dominican government halts a Barrick Gold shipment(Update) Dominican Today March 14th, 2013 The Dominican Republic government Wednesday halted a gold shipment worth millions which the Barrick Gold Pueblo Viejo Corp. was about to export to Canada via the United States, from the Las Americas Airport�s freight terminal. President Danilo Medina reportedly instructed Customs director Fernando Fernandez to ban the export until the Canadian mining company reaches an agreement with the government. |
| Tanzania: Concern As Mine Terminates MoU With Communities by MOSES MATTHEW, Tanzania Daily News March 8th, 2013 COMMUNITIES surrounding North Mara Gold Mine have pleaded with the government to intervene in the land dispute between them and the mine operated by African Barrick Gold (ABG) after the latter terminated a memorandum of understanding between the two parties. |
| Economic Displacement + Water Depletion + Long-Term Pollution ≠ Sustainable Development ProtestBarrick editor Sakura Saunders distributed this fact sheet at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference in Toronto on March 5, 2013. It is just the tip of the iceberg regarding Barrick's abuses, but enough points to prove a point that Barrick does not promote sustainable development at their mine sites. The fact sheet was distributed after Saunders spoke during the question period of the CEO panel which featured Barrick CEO, Jamie Sokalsky. |
