Company also faces opposition in Dominican Republic
By Cecilia Jamasmie
MINING.com
Canadian miner Barrick Gold’s operations in Latin America are giving the company more than one headache these days.
First, Chilean authorities charged the company with a $250,000 fine over its Pascua Lama mining project last week, forcing the company to halt construction work due to alleged sanitation issues and violations of miner’s glacier monitoring plan. And last week, dozens of protesters gathered in front of the Supreme Court of the Dominican Republic, which was hearing a case contesting the $3 billion Pueblo Viejo project, owned 60% by Barrick Gold and 40% by fellow Canadian Goldcorp.
According to Santiago-based newspaper La Tercera (in Spanish) Minister of Mines Hernan de Solminihac was pleased with last week’s measure as, he said, “it proves environmental regulations are respected in Chile.”