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41. Mining multinationals exploit Central America: (Water no Gold); ... rivers are contaminated. As the Latin America Water Tribunal has reported, El Salvador is facing water stress; there won’t be enough water in the future.” Cyanide is used to separate gold from ore, in ...; Created on 03 December 2013
42. El Salvador suffers Australia's maleficent miner: (Water no Gold); ... for profit. The gold deposits that are to be mined by Pacific Rim are low grade, and so involve processing large quantities of ore. This requires a great deal of water and the use of cyanide to ...; Created on 03 December 2013
43. PRESS RELEASE: Australia tour: (Water no Gold); ... Salvador few people have access to clean water. The mine will also use large quantities of cyanide which risks contaminating scarce water resources. The Investor State Dispute Settlement provision of ...; Created on 08 November 2013
44. Letter to the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... one of the world's most predatory industries due to the use of polluting chemicals such as cyanide, and that its ultimate impact results in polluted waters. According the environmental impact study presented ...; Created on 01 October 2013
45. Buzzwords:Responsible Mining: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... process (typically cyanide used to separate gold from the rock), the toxins released by the mining (for example, arsenic is often released in El Salvador and elsewhere) as well as overall "acid-rock drainage", ...; Created on 22 September 2013
46. July 22, 2013 Global Day of Action Against Open Pit Mining: The National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining reiterates demand for legislation prohibiting metal mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... that toxic waste generated by the intensive use of heavy metals such as cyanide, mercury, etc. An example of this toxic legacy in El Salvador is the San Sebastian mine in La Union, where an abandoned ...; Created on 22 July 2013
47. The Rights Clash: (Commerce Group); ... the water could be sold to foreign industry when it is needed for local survival. And there’s another issue: cyanide and arsenic are necessary to extract gold from bedrock. Pacific Rim, by its own estimates, ...; Created on 15 July 2013
48. International delegation confronts mining in El Salvador: (2013 Fact Finding Mission); ... more specific or related to the highly toxic metals like mercury and cyanide found in the water. In 2012, "the Salvadoran Ministry of the Environment (MARN in Spanish) found that the river flowing by ...; Created on 08 July 2013
49. Chalk Up Another Victory for "Free Trade": Mining Companies Sue El Salvado: (2013 Fact Finding Mission); ... drainage from large-scale gold mining,” with cyanide at nine times the accepted level. The National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining in El Salvador has cited these examples of environmental degradation, ...; Created on 08 July 2013
50. Archbishop of El Salvador suggests the use international mechanisms to solve dispute over mine: (Mining and Human Rights); ... hopes that a new law "will protect natural resources" of El Salvador, he added. "It is not right with these resources are taken away and (...) while the cyanide, and a poisoned a nation are left behind" ...; Created on 10 June 2013

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