Philippines: Marinduque ‘Pushed to the Wall’ by Barrick Gold

Numerous independent scientific studies of the ravages of mining on Marinduque, including by a United Nations team and United States Geological Survey, confirm the extraordinary and ongoing toxic impacts of uncontained mine waste and un-rehabilitated rivers and coastal areas. As the mine was abandoned after the catastrophic dam failure in 1996, numerous dams and structures have not been maintained and now pose a very real threat of failure and further impacts on lower lying communities and ecosystems. Placer Dome’s own consultants, Canada’s Klohn Crippen, warned in a report leaked in 2001 of “danger to life and property” related to inadequate mine structures holding back waste. These structures have been deteriorating ever since.
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/miningwatch/2013/10/philippines-marinduque-%E2%80%98pushed-to-wall%E2%80%99-barrick-gold