What you may not know about Goldcorp’s Marlin mine in Guatemala
A shareholder resolution asking Goldcorp to suspend operations at its embattled Marlin mine in Guatemala’s western highlands has been circulated to shareholders and will be voted on at the company’s upcoming Annual General Meeting on May 18th, 2011. The resolution was distributed in full to all of the company’s shareholders within its Management Information Circular, dated March 28th, 2011 and available on sedar.com. The company recommended that shareholders vote against the resolution.
See http://www.miningwatch.ca/en/what-you-may-not-know-about-goldcorps-marlin-mine-guatemala
Goldcorp is answering to emails sent asking for a resolution at Goldcorp next AGM calling for the suspension of the Marlin Mine. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=10893 and scroll down the page.
Goldcorp is a Candian company. Among its major investors are British-based AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd (US$4.3 million), Blackrock Commodities Income Trust plc, and City Natural Resources High Yield Trust PLC.