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Barrick Gold Corporation, the world’s largest gold mining company, headquartered in Toronto, Canada, plans to construct and operate the mine, known as the Cortez Hills Expansion Project. The Project area is located entirely within the territory of the Western Shoshone Nation, recognized in the 1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley.

Barrick Gold Corporation, the world’s largest gold mining company, headquartered in Toronto, Canada, plans to construct and operate the mine, known as the Cortez Hills Expansion Project. The Project area is located entirely within the territory of the Western Shoshone Nation, recognized in the 1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley.

News release: MiningWatch Canada has released an Alert to Investors regarding Petaquilla Minerals and its Molejón gold mine in Panama, timed to coincide with the company’s annual meeting in Vancouver (as well as the Mining Association of Canada's annual lobby day on Parliament Hill). The report documents a number of serious problems that are not being properly disclosed to investors.

The World Conservation Union (IUCN), voted in its international assembly in Barcelona, October 5-14, 2008, that current mineral exploration and open pit metal mining permits be cancelled throughout Central America, and that strategic environmental assessments and other relevant instruments for environmental management be implemented and conducted in a rigorous manner, particularly in the Me

Groups opposing mining across Panama, including Indigenous peoples, peasants, and environmental groups, have joined forces to establish the Panamanian Network Against Mining (Red Antiminera Panameña, REDAP).

On November 12, 2007, a coalition of ten major environmental groups appealed to Panamanian President Martin Torrijos to put a moratorium on mining in the country. The most immediate threat to the environment and to the livelihood of indigenous and peasant communities is the development of the Petaquilla gold and copper deposits.

Submissions to the Ontario Government's consultation process on modernizing the Ontario Mining Act.

This week represents a critical point in the protection of people around the world from the dangers of chrysotile asbestos. Canada is one of the world's leading exporters of chrysotile asbestos but has little use for it at home. Ninety-six percent of the production from the three operating mines in Eastern Québec is exported.

This week represents a critical point in the protection of people around the world from the dangers of chrysotile asbestos. Canada is one of the world's leading exporters of chrysotile asbestos but has little use for it at home. Ninety-six percent of the production from the three operating mines in Eastern Québec is exported.

News Release: The Council of Canadians and MiningWatch Canada have made public a report drafted by Environment Canada in December 2007 revealing that the agency had documented crucial information regarding the looming freshwater crisis in Canada.

On July 14, 2008, Premier McGuinty committed his government to “Reforming and Modernizing Ontario’s Mining Act”. Working with a number of key environmental and social justice groups in Ontario, MiningWatch Canada has carefully considered what is needed to fulfill the Premier’s vision of bringing the Ontario Mining Act into the 21st Century.

News release from the Canoe Creek Indian Band: Canoe Creek is furious at the decision by the BC Government to abandon plans for a Joint Panel review of Taseko's proposed Prosperity Mine at Fish Lake.

Joint news release with Ecojustice: On June 13, 2008, the Federal Court of Appeal determined that citizens do not have a right to be consulted about proposed large industrial developments.

MiningWatch Canada welcomes the Ontario Government’s July 14th announcement regarding the protection of 225,000 km2 of the Far North Boreal Region, and its intention to reform the province’s Mining Act.

An emerging coalition of conservation, Aboriginal, and social justice organizations is calling on the federal government to immediately stop the practice of allowing mining companies to use Canada’s lakes as dumping grounds for toxic mine wastes.