Barrick gets court go-ahead on Cortez Hills
In December 2009, the Western Shoshone won a legal victory on the expansion of Barrick Gold’s key Cortez gold mine in Nevada. Yet despite this the company proceeded with the…
Barrick's "Historic Gift" fulfills an academic dream – but critics call it "Blood Money"
…that women are being gang-raped by Barrick’s security guards in Papua New Guinea. Barrick has also filed two lawsuits against the publishers of two books – Noir Canada and Imperial…
Only Seven Tanzanians Buy Barrick Shares
ONLY seven Tanzanians managed to purchase the African Barrick Gold (ABG)’s shares floated on London Stock Exchange (LSE) during the recent Initial Public Offering (IPO). Out of seven, three are…
African Barrick Gold comes to London
…at about 2.33 billion pounds ($3.6 billion). London-headquartered ABG is likely to be admitted to the FTSE 100 Index. See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page34?oid=101180&sn=Detail&pid=92730. For background on Barrick, see http://www.minesandcommunities.org/list.php?r=98, http://www.protestbarrick.net/index.php and https://londonminingnetwork.org/?s=Barrick….
Barrick Gold and its disputes in Dominican Republic
The world’s biggest corporate gold miner, Barrick, has been saddled with yet another accusation that it’s been operating illegally – this time in the Dominican Republic. Coincidentally, the issue of…