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Update on Barrick’s Days in Court in Canada

In 2022, [1] and again in 2024, [2] Indigenous Kuria from villages surrounding North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania filed cases in Canada against Barrick Gold Corporation [3] (Barrick) for alleged “acts of extreme violence committed by Mine Police in the service of...

Forced Evictions at Barrick’s North Mara Gold Mine: MiningWatch Canada report details gross violations of human rights in Tanzania

Forced Evictions at Barrick’s North Mara Gold Mine: MiningWatch Canada report details gross violations of human rights in Tanzania

December 12, 2023, Press Releases

Today MiningWatch Canada releases a report describing gross violations of human rights at Barrick Gold’s North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania. Thousands of Indigenous Kuria near the mine have been forcibly evicted from their lands to make room for the mine’s expansion. Most people were evicted in December 2022…

Mobile Billboard Brings Community Voices to Barrick Gold Shareholders

May 2, 2023, Press Releases

Shareholders of Canada’s largest gold mining company were greeted today with strong messages from communities affected by its global operations. A mobile billboard parked outside Barrick Gold’s annual shareholder meeting in downtown Toronto projected messages from communities…