{"id":1404,"date":"2013-02-25T22:57:15","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T03:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1404"},"modified":"2013-02-25T22:57:15","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T03:57:15","slug":"canadas-barrick-gold-fined-in-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1404","title":{"rendered":"Canada’s Barrick Gold fined in Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"

Company also faces opposition in Dominican Republic<\/em><\/h3>\n

By Cecilia Jamasmie<\/strong>
\nMINING.com<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hern\u00e1n de Solminihac, Chile’s Minister of Mines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Canadian miner Barrick Gold’s operations in Latin America are giving the company more than one headache these days.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s glacier monitoring plan.\u00a0And 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.<\/p>\n

According to Santiago-based newspaper La Tercera (in Spanish) Minister of Mines Hernan de Solminihac was pleased with last week\u2019s measure as, he said, \u201cit proves environmental regulations are respected in Chile.\u201d<\/p>\n

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