Straddling the Chile-Argentina border high in the Andes, Canadian miner
Barrick Gold’s Pascua Lama mining project has long been a source of
controversy. The area is rich in gold, silver, copper and other mineral
resources, but their extraction runs counter to the needs and interests
of nearby indigenous communities and would have disastrous environmental
consequences.
http://www.mintpressnews.com/chilean-farmers-and-foreign-mining-firms-face-off-over-andes-gold/199434/
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