El Salvador refused to issue
OceanaGold Corp an extraction permit in 2006. Activists say that the
company failed to get permission to mine from a sufficient number of the
landowners in the northern province of Cabanas, or to obtain title to
the land, and that it had not met basic environmental safeguards.
The
tiny Central American country is rich in silver and gold, but mining
has polluted water supplies, and residents say cyanide and arsenic are
poisoning their children. The mining projects have led to civil unrest
and five deaths in the area.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/09/16/uk-el-salvador-gold-protest-idUKKBN0HB0OJ20140916
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