<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <rss version="2.0"> <channel xmlns:dc="http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-namespace/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"> <title>MiningWatch Canada</title> <link>https://www.globenewswire.com/rssfeed/organization/T1suUlR_s4xCDZYfLezydQ==</link> <description>Contains the last 20 releases</description> <copyright>Copyright 2020, MiningWatch Canada</copyright> <managingEditor>newsdesk@globenewswire.com (NewsDesk)</managingEditor> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 17:17:17 GMT</lastBuildDate> <webMaster>webmaster@globenewswire.com (Webmaster)</webMaster> <item> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/10/29/2117232/0/fr/L-environnement-des-mines-aux-batteries-Qu%C3%A9bec-a-besoin-d-un-%C3%A9lectrochoc.html</guid> <link>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/10/29/2117232/0/fr/L-environnement-des-mines-aux-batteries-Qu%C3%A9bec-a-besoin-d-un-%C3%A9lectrochoc.html</link> <title>L’environnement des mines aux batteries : Québec a besoin d’un électrochoc</title> <description><![CDATA[<p align="justify">MONTRÉAL, 29 oct. 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Une coalition de citoyens, d’élus municipaux, de syndicats et d’organismes environnementaux dénoncent le manque de mesures de protection environnementale dans le nouveau Plan gouvernemental sur les minéraux critiques annoncé ce matin. Ce plan vise à accroître l’extraction minière pour alimenter une filière de batteries et de véhicules électriques en Amérique du Nord. Autant les régions du sud que du nord du Québec sont directement touchées par ce plan.</p>]]></description> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 17:17 GMT</pubDate> <dc:identifier>2117232</dc:identifier> <dc:language>fr</dc:language> <dc:publisher>GlobeNewswire Inc.</dc:publisher> <dc:contributor>Mines Alerte</dc:contributor> <dc:modified>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 17:16 GMT</dc:modified> <dc:subject>Politics</dc:subject> <dc:keyword>climate change</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>changement climatique</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Batteries</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Mining</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>mine</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>energy transition</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Environment</dc:keyword> </item> <item> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/08/05/2073729/0/en/Mine-Waste-Safety-New-Global-Industry-Standard-Will-Not-End-Disasters.html</guid> <link>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/08/05/2073729/0/en/Mine-Waste-Safety-New-Global-Industry-Standard-Will-Not-End-Disasters.html</link> <title>Mine Waste Safety: New Global Industry Standard Will Not End Disasters</title> <description><![CDATA[<p>TORONTO and NEW YORK and LONDON, Aug. 05, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In response to the new Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (the <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=L2Vf_icEFHZex9th1S8v7Kbjgcs5rPMYb58O8os3fgkpmBOclR7GWgVMIc35qcRQbA7HoO3mDc9LgoLMUbuHhEKCzaVQLKBsC1-MYc20waG69SEBk5IMiSs8q9Ifik3PiSRRqONXRwIW41RXIozGvMq3tisCFOOlq5C0ILoXvVapNSBIOWupqZ5PJe5UJuT7DV7WVg_O91Sw_LM6qSlcBzkFqHywfVCplDSk3LcBmF2tKIvjWiVCpQJCs9H_AGD2c6HBWNTxU6dFSxVkuOFIow==" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Industry Standard">Industry Standard</a>) launched today, a group of scientists, community organizations, and non-governmental organizations say the Industry Standard does not go far enough to adequately protect workers, communities, and ecosystems from future mine waste failures.<br></p>]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2020 20:49 GMT</pubDate> <dc:identifier>2073729</dc:identifier> <dc:language>en</dc:language> <dc:publisher>GlobeNewswire Inc.</dc:publisher> <dc:contributor>MiningWatch Canada</dc:contributor> <dc:modified>Wed, 05 Aug 2020 20:48 GMT</dc:modified> <dc:subject>Company Announcement</dc:subject> <dc:keyword>Mining</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Environment</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>climate change</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>energy transition</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Human Rights</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Indigenous Rights</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Global Tailings Standard</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>ICMM</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>UNEP</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Ethical</dc:keyword> </item> <item> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/05/21/2037016/0/en/New-Report-Highlights-Deep-Sea-Nodule-Mining-Danger-to-Pacific-Ocean-and-Island-Nations.html</guid> <link>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/05/21/2037016/0/en/New-Report-Highlights-Deep-Sea-Nodule-Mining-Danger-to-Pacific-Ocean-and-Island-Nations.html</link> <title>New Report Highlights Deep Sea Nodule Mining Danger to Pacific Ocean and Island Nations</title> <description><![CDATA[<p align="left">OTTAWA and MELBOURNE, Australia, May 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new report analysing over 250 peer reviewed scientific articles finds that the impacts of mining deep sea polymetallic nodules would be extensive, severe, and last for generations, causing essentially irreversible species loss. The report, <em><a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=X77S7BG3YBvTNVPMbGPXMZV710y6ysQDFJJme80ose7MFRWraQZkSJFF24iPvEA4LR9YMmCX0uW2C-eypzyrKDwp3a2jwZZsYxUEjlmSgrJsUDWcaRdLNpqmyZ8XscxcSwtphgUTuUuna_s6Be-8Y5EHA7nqWQS_yk4KyzHFMM24-QPzeWWVHvC7fDDr_NWMnIda4ZVPXq3Yql4qpHRjsIAobsUKtb5RCH0lvGYmarHySHQgFlwL1tZVoBcHfMAM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title=""><u>Predicting the impacts of mining deep sea polymetallic nodules in the Pacific Ocean</u></a></em>, and commissioned by MiningWatch Canada and the Deep Sea Mining Campaign, also notes that there is little to no social licence to mine deep sea nodules and refutes Canadian company DeepGreen Metals’ claims that there will be economic gains for Pacific island economies.<br></p>]]></description> <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2020 12:18 GMT</pubDate> <dc:identifier>2037016</dc:identifier> <dc:language>en</dc:language> <dc:publisher>GlobeNewswire Inc.</dc:publisher> <dc:contributor>MiningWatch Canada</dc:contributor> <dc:modified>Tue, 02 Jun 2020 19:30 GMT</dc:modified> <dc:subject>Research Analysis and Reports</dc:subject> <dc:keyword>deep sea mining</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>oceans</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>DeepGreen Metals</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>biodiversity</dc:keyword> </item> <item> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/03/01/1993068/0/en/MiningWatch-Investors-Alert-Social-Environmental-Financial-Risks-for-Nouveau-Monde-Graphite.html</guid> <link>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/03/01/1993068/0/en/MiningWatch-Investors-Alert-Social-Environmental-Financial-Risks-for-Nouveau-Monde-Graphite.html</link> <title>MiningWatch Investors Alert: Social, Environmental & Financial Risks for Nouveau Monde Graphite</title> <description><![CDATA[<p>TORONTO, March 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MiningWatch Canada is concerned about ongoing social, environmental and financial risks of Nouveau Monde Graphite (NOU; NMGRF; NM9) Matawinie Project near Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Quebec, Canada.<br></p>]]></description> <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2020 13:52 GMT</pubDate> <dc:identifier>1993068</dc:identifier> <dc:language>en</dc:language> <dc:publisher>GlobeNewswire Inc.</dc:publisher> <dc:contributor>MiningWatch Canada</dc:contributor> <dc:modified>Sun, 01 Mar 2020 13:51 GMT</dc:modified> <dc:subject>Company Announcement</dc:subject> <dc:keyword>Graphite</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Energy</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Environment</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Battery</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Mining</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Tesla</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>PDAC</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Lithium</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Canada</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>energy materials</dc:keyword> </item> <item> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/09/10/1568851/0/en/Investor-Warning-First-Nation-Citizens-Oppose-Pancontinental-Resources-Mining-Project-in-Sensitive-Watershed-Area-Near-Bancroft-Ontario.html</guid> <link>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/09/10/1568851/0/en/Investor-Warning-First-Nation-Citizens-Oppose-Pancontinental-Resources-Mining-Project-in-Sensitive-Watershed-Area-Near-Bancroft-Ontario.html</link> <title>Investor Warning: First Nation, Citizens Oppose Pancontinental Resources’ Mining Project in Sensitive Watershed Area Near Bancroft, Ontario</title> <description><![CDATA[<p align="left">TORONTO, Sept. 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Chief of Alderville First Nation and over 250 people gathered last night at Pancontinental Resources’ (<a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=iFOw71zwfwCDR7ds0-pfbeRIGbCO-6x_RNE_DHpv4ZyMG445DzkegqPOM-T0Mkw7LAfxueBoXsMe_2B3l5jD2EeQvWbrnhLVuaAgWgUpxwhV48OdQuP5Jxu-LOeU9Ozi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title=""><u>TSXV: PUC</u></a>) community information meeting to oppose the McBride mining project in the Crowe Valley Watershed area, Hastings County, Ontario.<br></p>]]></description> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2018 20:24 GMT</pubDate> <dc:identifier>1568851</dc:identifier> <dc:language>en</dc:language> <dc:publisher>GlobeNewswire Inc.</dc:publisher> <dc:contributor>MiningWatch Canada</dc:contributor> <dc:modified>Mon, 10 Sep 2018 20:24 GMT</dc:modified> <dc:subject>Company Announcement</dc:subject> <dc:keyword>Mining</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Nickel</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Cobalt</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Pancontinental Resources</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Ontario</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Canada</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Batteries</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Electric Car</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Environment</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Indigenous Rights</dc:keyword> </item> <item> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/03/23/1449624/0/en/President-of-Nouveau-Monde-Graphite-Under-Investigation-by-Quebec-Securities-Commission-for-Alleged-Illegal-Financing.html</guid> <link>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/03/23/1449624/0/en/President-of-Nouveau-Monde-Graphite-Under-Investigation-by-Quebec-Securities-Commission-for-Alleged-Illegal-Financing.html</link> <title>President of Nouveau Monde Graphite Under Investigation by Quebec Securities Commission for Alleged Illegal Financing</title> <description><![CDATA[<p>MONTRÉAL, March 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Coalition Quebec meilleure mine, a civil-society mining watchdog, is alerting the public and investors that Nouveau Monde Graphite’s president and CEO, Mr. Eric Desaulniers, appeared today at the Financial Markets Tribunal in Montreal. The Autorité des marches financiers (AMF or Securities Commission) alleges that Mr. Desaulniers participated in “illegal financing” activities in violation of Quebec’s Securities Act.<br></p>]]></description> <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:13 GMT</pubDate> <dc:identifier>1449624</dc:identifier> <dc:language>en</dc:language> <dc:publisher>GlobeNewswire Inc.</dc:publisher> <dc:contributor>MiningWatch Canada</dc:contributor> <dc:modified>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:13 GMT</dc:modified> <dc:subject>Company Announcement</dc:subject> </item> <item> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/03/23/1449624/0/fr/Projet-minier-controvers%C3%A9-%C3%A0-Saint-Michel-des-Saints-Le-pr%C3%A9sident-de-Nouveau-Monde-Graphite-sous-enqu%C3%AAte-de-l-AMF-pour-placements-ill%C3%A9gaux.html</guid> <link>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/03/23/1449624/0/fr/Projet-minier-controvers%C3%A9-%C3%A0-Saint-Michel-des-Saints-Le-pr%C3%A9sident-de-Nouveau-Monde-Graphite-sous-enqu%C3%AAte-de-l-AMF-pour-placements-ill%C3%A9gaux.html</link> <title>Projet minier controversé à Saint-Michel-des-Saints: Le président de Nouveau Monde Graphite sous enquête de l’AMF pour placements illégaux</title> <description><![CDATA[<p>MONTRÉAL, 23 mars 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- La Coalition Québec meilleure mine a appris que le président de la minière Nouveau Monde Graphite, M. Éric Desaulniers, comparaît aujourd’hui devant le Tribunal des marchés financiers à Montréal. L’Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) lui reproche notamment d’avoir procédé à « des placements illégaux », et ce, en contravention à la Loi sur les valeurs mobilières du Québec.<br></p>]]></description> <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:13 GMT</pubDate> <dc:identifier>1449624</dc:identifier> <dc:language>fr</dc:language> <dc:publisher>GlobeNewswire Inc.</dc:publisher> <dc:contributor>MiningWatch Canada</dc:contributor> <dc:modified>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:13 GMT</dc:modified> <dc:subject>Company Announcement</dc:subject> </item> <item> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/02/28/1401332/0/en/Pebble-Mine-Investment-Risk-Warning-New-Report-Examines-Hunter-Dickinson-Track-Record.html</guid> <link>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/02/28/1401332/0/en/Pebble-Mine-Investment-Risk-Warning-New-Report-Examines-Hunter-Dickinson-Track-Record.html</link> <title>Pebble Mine Investment Risk Warning: New Report Examines Hunter Dickinson Track Record</title> <description><![CDATA[<p>OTTAWA, Feb. 28, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=5np-h9gyGEaOIOdrk4qca-mnUACuUoXU7fpYZPy1qiwcv308jWsWkKWpKwZNEt2e0wGCvjnvF9leVil9hEz4SAo3rgXMIyFpUFQi3BQPrdDl9SZ9NEnFNKIWY_oP-boMkpjWIIvykURTdc0Nij1lj65z0-fielnlHXH8iy_QWeTsoLLRZbB1LpC575RX175kfx34iBAOjog0pSZTm5q92g==" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="report">report</a> released today by MiningWatch Canada examines the track record of Vancouver-based international mining corporation Hunter Dickinson Inc. (HDI) and exposes its affiliate Northern Dynasty Minerals, Ltd., the company promoting the controversial proposed Pebble mine in Alaska’s sensitive Bristol Bay, as a highly risky speculative investment, calling its risk levels “unprecedented even among other junior mining companies.”<br></p>]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2018 14:00 GMT</pubDate> <dc:identifier>1401332</dc:identifier> <dc:language>en</dc:language> <dc:publisher>GlobeNewswire Inc.</dc:publisher> <dc:contributor>MiningWatch Canada</dc:contributor> <dc:modified>Wed, 28 Feb 2018 14:00 GMT</dc:modified> <dc:subject>Company Announcement</dc:subject> <dc:keyword>Pebble Mine</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Alaska</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Bristol Bay</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Investment</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Northern Dynasty</dc:keyword> </item> <item> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/10/27/1159515/0/en/Class-Action-Against-Agnico-Eagle-and-Yamana-Gold-Malartic-Fight-Continues.html</guid> <link>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/10/27/1159515/0/en/Class-Action-Against-Agnico-Eagle-and-Yamana-Gold-Malartic-Fight-Continues.html</link> <title>Class Action Against Agnico Eagle and Yamana Gold: Malartic Fight Continues</title> <description><![CDATA[<p align="left">TORONTO and OTTAWA and MONTREAL, Oct. 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Over 200 community members, families, and property and business owners are still fighting Agnico Eagle and Yamana Gold over the impacts from the Canadian Malartic gold mine – the biggest open pit mine located on the edge of a community in Canada. The case will be before the Quebec Superior Court today, in Val d’Or.<br></p>]]></description> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2017 15:41 GMT</pubDate> <dc:identifier>1159515</dc:identifier> <dc:language>en</dc:language> <dc:publisher>GlobeNewswire Inc.</dc:publisher> <dc:contributor>MiningWatch Canada</dc:contributor> <dc:modified>Fri, 27 Oct 2017 15:41 GMT</dc:modified> <dc:subject>Law & Legal Issues</dc:subject> <dc:subject>Class Action</dc:subject> <dc:keyword>Agnico Eagle</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Yamana Gold</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Canadian Malartic Mine</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Class Action</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Suit</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Gold</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Human Rights</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Environment</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Relocation</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Remedies</dc:keyword> <dc:keyword>Compensation</dc:keyword> </item> <item> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/07/05/1055022/0/en/MiningWatch-Canada-Issues-Statement-Regarding-Barrick-Gold-Tanzania-Operations.html</guid> <link>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/07/05/1055022/0/en/MiningWatch-Canada-Issues-Statement-Regarding-Barrick-Gold-Tanzania-Operations.html</link> <title>MiningWatch Canada Issues Statement Regarding Barrick Gold Tanzania Operations</title> <description><![CDATA[<p><em><p>Barrick Gold Tanzania Operations Accused of Financial and Human Rights Abuses -- Executives Once Again Fail to Address Human Rights Abuses</p></em></p><p><strong>OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - July 5, 2017) -</strong> Barrick Gold Corp.'s top brass flew to Tanzania for a meeting with President Magufuli on June 14 to deal with accusations by the Tanzanian government that Barrick's local subsidiary Acacia (63.9 % owned by Barrick) has failed to pay taxes owed, is underreporting the value of minerals exported out of Tanzania, and is operating <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mining-journal.com/financeinvestment/politicstrade/acacia-could-lose-tanzania-mines/" title="without a legal licence">without a legal licence</a> (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mining-journal.com/financeinvestment/politicstrade/acacia-could-lose-tanzania-mines/" title="">http://www.mining-journal.com/financeinvestment/politicstrade/acacia-could-lose-tanzania-mines/</a>).</p>]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2017 21:13 GMT</pubDate> <dc:identifier>1055022</dc:identifier> <dc:language>en</dc:language> <dc:publisher>GlobeNewswire Inc.</dc:publisher> <dc:contributor>MiningWatch Canada</dc:contributor> <dc:modified>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 20:35 GMT</dc:modified> </item> <item> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/04/01/1055020/0/en/Stk-eml%C3%BApsemc-te-Secw%C3%A9pemc-Nation-SSN-Building-Allies-Across-B-C-and-Canada-To-Oppose-KGHM-s-Ajax-Mine-in-Kamloops.html</guid> <link>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/04/01/1055020/0/en/Stk-eml%C3%BApsemc-te-Secw%C3%A9pemc-Nation-SSN-Building-Allies-Across-B-C-and-Canada-To-Oppose-KGHM-s-Ajax-Mine-in-Kamloops.html</link> <title>Stk'emlúpsemc te Secwépemc Nation (SSN) Building Allies Across B.C. and Canada To Oppose KGHM's Ajax Mine in Kamloops</title> <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>KAMLOOPS, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - April 1, 2017) -</strong> Today, over 30 organizations representing hundreds of thousands of members across British Columbia and Canada announced their support to the Stk'emlúpsemc te Secwépemc Nation's (SSN) decision to withhold its free, prior and informed consent to the development of the lands and resources at Pípsell (Jacko Lake and area) for the purposes of KHGM's Ajax copper-gold mine.</p>]]></description> <pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2017 18:30 GMT</pubDate> <dc:identifier>1055020</dc:identifier> <dc:language>en</dc:language> <dc:publisher>GlobeNewswire Inc.</dc:publisher> <dc:contributor>Stk'emlupsemc te Secwepemc Nation (SSN)</dc:contributor> <dc:modified>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 20:35 GMT</dc:modified> </item> <item> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/03/27/1055018/0/en/25-000-Canadians-Join-First-Nations-Local-Residents-in-Seeking-Justice-for-Canada-s-Biggest-Mining-Spill.html</guid> <link>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/03/27/1055018/0/en/25-000-Canadians-Join-First-Nations-Local-Residents-in-Seeking-Justice-for-Canada-s-Biggest-Mining-Spill.html</link> <title>25,000 Canadians Join First Nations, Local Residents in Seeking Justice for Canada's Biggest Mining Spill</title> <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>WILLIAMS LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - March 27, 2017) -</strong> As Federal Crown Prosecutors move today in B.C. provincial court to stay (i.e. shelve) MiningWatch's private charges over the Mount Polley mine disaster, the mining watchdog is releasing the names of over 25,000 Canadians who have endorsed a <a rel="nofollow" href="https://actions.sumofus.org/a/pm-trudeau-don-t-let-imperial-metals-off-the-hook-for-the-mt-polley-mining-disaster" title="petition">petition</a> urging the Trudeau government not to let those responsible off the hook for the biggest mining spill in Canada's history. Local residents, regional groups, and First Nations support the effort to enforce the Fisheries Act.</p>]]></description> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2017 16:10 GMT</pubDate> <dc:identifier>1055018</dc:identifier> <dc:language>en</dc:language> <dc:publisher>GlobeNewswire Inc.</dc:publisher> <dc:contributor>MiningWatch Canada</dc:contributor> <dc:modified>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 20:35 GMT</dc:modified> </item> <item> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2016/11/17/1055016/0/en/119-Indigenous-Women-Demand-Justice-From-Barrick-Gold-at-UN-Forum-in-Geneva.html</guid> <link>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2016/11/17/1055016/0/en/119-Indigenous-Women-Demand-Justice-From-Barrick-Gold-at-UN-Forum-in-Geneva.html</link> <title>119 Indigenous Women Demand Justice From Barrick Gold at UN Forum in Geneva</title> <description><![CDATA[<p><em><p>Tired of waiting for fair compensation from mining giant for gross sexual violence, 119 indigenous women from Papua New Guinea call for UN intervention</p></em></p><p><strong>GENEVA, SWITZERLAND and PORGERA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA--(Marketwired - Nov. 17, 2016) -</strong> Today, in an open letter to the United Nations, 119 indigenous women who were sexually assaulted by security guards at Barrick Gold's mine in Porgera, Papua New Guinea appealed for UN intervention in their fight to obtain fair remedies from the company.</p>]]></description> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2016 11:13 GMT</pubDate> <dc:identifier>1055016</dc:identifier> <dc:language>en</dc:language> <dc:publisher>GlobeNewswire Inc.</dc:publisher> <dc:contributor>MiningWatch Canada</dc:contributor> <dc:modified>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 20:35 GMT</dc:modified> </item> <item> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2016/08/15/1055014/0/fr/Demande-d-injonction-visant-la-mine-Canadian-Malartic-Des-citoyens-exigent-le-respect-des-lois-et-des-normes.html</guid> <link>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2016/08/15/1055014/0/fr/Demande-d-injonction-visant-la-mine-Canadian-Malartic-Des-citoyens-exigent-le-respect-des-lois-et-des-normes.html</link> <title>Demande d'injonction visant la mine Canadian Malartic : Des citoyens exigent le respect des lois et des normes</title> <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>MALARTIC, QUÉBEC--(Marketwired - 15 août 2016) -</strong> Des citoyens affectés par les opérations de la mine d'or à ciel ouvert Canadian Malartic -la plus grande au pays en milieu habité- ont déposé aujourd'hui à la Cour supérieure du Québec une demande d'injonction exigeant que la minière respecte en tout temps les normes du Québec et les conditions de son permis. L'injonction vise aux premiers chefs le respect des normes de bruit la nuit et les limites de quantités de roches extraites chaque jour. Agnico Eagle et Yamana Gold sont propriétaires à part égale de la mine Canadian Malartic.</p>]]></description> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2016 23:18 GMT</pubDate> <dc:identifier>1055014</dc:identifier> <dc:language>fr</dc:language> <dc:publisher>GlobeNewswire Inc.</dc:publisher> <dc:contributor>Comité de citoyens de la zone sud Malartic</dc:contributor> <dc:modified>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 20:35 GMT</dc:modified> </item> <item> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2016/08/11/1055013/0/en/US-Securities-and-Exchange-Commission-Asked-to-Investigate-Mining-Company-s-Failure-to-Disclose-Secret-Lawsuits.html</guid> <link>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2016/08/11/1055013/0/en/US-Securities-and-Exchange-Commission-Asked-to-Investigate-Mining-Company-s-Failure-to-Disclose-Secret-Lawsuits.html</link> <title>US Securities and Exchange Commission Asked to Investigate Mining Company's Failure to Disclose Secret Lawsuits</title> <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA and OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA and TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Aug. 11, 2016) -</strong> The US Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) is being asked to investigate a Canadian mining company with offices in Reno, Nevada and operations in Guatemala. The Justice and Corporate Accountability Project (JCAP), based in Canada, will submit a thirty-five-page report on behalf of the US-based Network in Solidarity with Guatemala (NISGUA) and the Guatemala-based Diocesan Committee in Defense of Nature. </p>]]></description> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2016 14:56 GMT</pubDate> <dc:identifier>1055013</dc:identifier> <dc:language>en</dc:language> <dc:publisher>GlobeNewswire Inc.</dc:publisher> <dc:contributor>Network in Solidarity with Guatemala (NISGUA);Guatemala-based Diocesan Committee in Defense of Nature</dc:contributor> <dc:modified>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 20:35 GMT</dc:modified> </item> <item> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2016/05/30/1055011/0/en/New-Analysis-British-Columbia-Ranks-Worst-in-Canada-for-Unsecured-Environmental-Liability-of-Mine-Sites.html</guid> <link>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2016/05/30/1055011/0/en/New-Analysis-British-Columbia-Ranks-Worst-in-Canada-for-Unsecured-Environmental-Liability-of-Mine-Sites.html</link> <title>New Analysis: British Columbia Ranks Worst in Canada for Unsecured Environmental Liability of Mine Sites</title> <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - May 30, 2016) -</strong> MiningWatch Canada has published a <a rel="nofollow" href="http://miningwatch.ca/news/2016/5/30/new-analysis-british-columbia-ranks-worst-canada-unsecured-environmental-liability" title="new analysis">new analysis</a> showing that British Columbia (BC) has the largest unsecured environmental liability for mine site clean-up costs when compared to the two other main mining jurisdictions in Canada: Ontario and Quebec.</p>]]></description> <pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2016 17:03 GMT</pubDate> <dc:identifier>1055011</dc:identifier> <dc:language>en</dc:language> <dc:publisher>GlobeNewswire Inc.</dc:publisher> <dc:contributor>MiningWatch Canada</dc:contributor> <dc:modified>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 20:35 GMT</dc:modified> </item> <item> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/12/10/1055009/0/fr/Deux-ONG-exhortent-la-Gendarmerie-Royale-du-Canada-%C3%A0-enqu%C3%AAter-sur-la-soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9-Kinross-apr%C3%A8s-un-rapport-sur-la-corruption-en-Afrique.html</guid> <link>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/12/10/1055009/0/fr/Deux-ONG-exhortent-la-Gendarmerie-Royale-du-Canada-%C3%A0-enqu%C3%AAter-sur-la-soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9-Kinross-apr%C3%A8s-un-rapport-sur-la-corruption-en-Afrique.html</link> <title>Deux ONG exhortent la Gendarmerie Royale du Canada à enquêter sur la société Kinross après un rapport sur la corruption en Afrique</title> <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>OTTAWA, CANADA et PARIS, FRANCE--(Marketwired - 10 déc. 2015) -</strong> Mines Alerte Canada et l'association française de lutte contre la corruption Sherpa ont annoncé aujourd'hui le dépôt d'un rapport à la Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC) appelant à une enquête sur la société minière canadienne Kinross Gold Corporation s'agissant d'éventuelles violations des lois anti-corruption du Canada dans l'exploitation par la société des mines de Tasiast en Mauritanie et de Chirano au Ghana.</p>]]></description> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2015 19:22 GMT</pubDate> <dc:identifier>1055009</dc:identifier> <dc:language>fr</dc:language> <dc:publisher>GlobeNewswire Inc.</dc:publisher> <dc:contributor>Mines Alerte Canada;Sherpa</dc:contributor> <dc:modified>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 20:35 GMT</dc:modified> </item> <item> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/12/10/1055007/0/en/NGOs-Urge-RCMP-to-Investigate-Kinross-Over-Reports-of-Corruption-in-Africa.html</guid> <link>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/12/10/1055007/0/en/NGOs-Urge-RCMP-to-Investigate-Kinross-Over-Reports-of-Corruption-in-Africa.html</link> <title>NGOs Urge RCMP to Investigate Kinross Over Reports of Corruption in Africa</title> <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>OTTAWA, CANADA and PARIS, FRANCE--(Marketwired - Dec. 10, 2015) -</strong> MiningWatch Canada and the French anti-corruption association Sherpa announced today that they have filed a report with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) calling for an investigation into Canadian mining company Kinross Gold Corporation for apparent breaches of Canada's anti-corruption laws at the company's Tasiast mine in Mauritania and its Chirano mine in Ghana.</p>]]></description> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2015 19:21 GMT</pubDate> <dc:identifier>1055007</dc:identifier> <dc:language>en</dc:language> <dc:publisher>GlobeNewswire Inc.</dc:publisher> <dc:contributor>MiningWatch Canada;Sherpa</dc:contributor> <dc:modified>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 20:35 GMT</dc:modified> </item> <item> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/08/18/1055005/0/en/Four-Algonquin-First-Nations-Call-for-Protection-of-Algonquin-Sacred-Area-and-Oppose-Re-Zoning-of-Lands-for-Windmill-Development-Project.html</guid> <link>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/08/18/1055005/0/en/Four-Algonquin-First-Nations-Call-for-Protection-of-Algonquin-Sacred-Area-and-Oppose-Re-Zoning-of-Lands-for-Windmill-Development-Project.html</link> <title>Four Algonquin First Nations Call for Protection of Algonquin Sacred Area and Oppose Re-Zoning of Lands for Windmill Development Project</title> <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>ALGONQUIN TERRITORY, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Aug. 18, 2015) -</strong> The duly elected Chiefs and Councils from four Algonquin First Nations (Wolf Lake, Timiskaming, Eagle Village, Barriere Lake) announced today their adoption of Council Resolutions calling for the protection of an important Algonquin sacred area on the Ottawa River between the cities of Hull and Ottawa and opposing the amendment of the National Capital Commission and City of Ottawa's Master-Plans to re-zone the Chaudière and Albert Islands from "parks and open space" to "mixed-use" for the massive proposed Windmill urban development.</p>]]></description> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2015 16:39 GMT</pubDate> <dc:identifier>1055005</dc:identifier> <dc:language>en</dc:language> <dc:publisher>GlobeNewswire Inc.</dc:publisher> <dc:contributor>Wolf Lake First Nation;Timiskaming First Nation;Eagle Village First Nation;Algonquins of Barriere Lake</dc:contributor> <dc:modified>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 20:35 GMT</dc:modified> </item> <item> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/07/20/1055003/0/en/Canadian-Mines-Ministers-Conference-in-Halifax-Provinces-Territories-Must-Act-To-Avoid-Mine-Waste-Disasters.html</guid> <link>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/07/20/1055003/0/en/Canadian-Mines-Ministers-Conference-in-Halifax-Provinces-Territories-Must-Act-To-Avoid-Mine-Waste-Disasters.html</link> <title>Canadian Mines Ministers Conference in Halifax: Provinces & Territories Must Act To Avoid Mine Waste Disasters</title> <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA--(Marketwired - July 20, 2015) -</strong> While Energy & Mines Ministers from across Canada are meeting in Halifax for their annual conference, a coalition of more than 50 environmental, First Nations, and community organizations today sent a <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.miningwatch.ca/sites/www.miningwatch.ca/files/2015-07-20_mines_ministers_letter_0.pdf" title="letter to all Canadian Mines Ministers">letter to all Canadian Mines Ministers</a> urging them to take immediate action to prevent the threat posed by hundreds of mine waste impoundments in Canada. </p>]]></description> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2015 10:00 GMT</pubDate> <dc:identifier>1055003</dc:identifier> <dc:language>en</dc:language> <dc:publisher>GlobeNewswire Inc.</dc:publisher> <dc:contributor>MiningWatch Canada</dc:contributor> <dc:modified>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 20:35 GMT</dc:modified> </item> </channel> </rss>