According to Natural Resources Canada, Canadian mining companies spent $1.6 billion in Central America in 2006, up from $41 million in 2002. But the sometimes lax attitude of regional governments to environmental standards and the health and well-being of their indigenous populations has resulted in widespread backlashes against foreign-owned mining companies, especially because of the practice of cyanide leaching used by most gold-mining operations.
http://www.straight.com/article-539806/vancouver/amnesty-international-film-fest-vancouvers-goldcorp-comes-under-fire-guatemala-gold-mine
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