For the project, which will also use the cyanide leaching process, the firm originally planned to move three glaciers. But in the face of an outcry from environmentalists and local residents, both countries promised that the glaciers would not be moved.
However, a number of environmental groups, citing the company’s own environmental impact studies, say Barrick is affecting glaciers and periglacial areas.
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