cries for justice “have fallen on deaf ears.”

                     -Porgera Gold Mine

5-3-19   This is only one of Papua New Guinea’s mines.  There are hundreds more that run from one end of the country to another. The population of PNG is only 8 million, which – given such wealth – would suggest that its people lived enriched lives.  But this is not the case.

  Behind the name PJV sits the Canadian mining company Barrick Gold and the Chinese mining company Zijin Mining.  Both are making enormous profits from this mine – and others.  Barrick Gold, as a new briefing by the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, “Ten Canadian Mining Companies: Financial Details and Violations,” shows, is worth billions of dollars and has mining operations across the world.  It has been the primary owner of the mine from 2006 to 2015.   Zijin Mining is one of China’s largest gold producers, which has gradually left Chinese shores to enter joint partnerships abroad.  https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/05/opinion/theft-of-resources-in-papua-new-guinea/

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5-1-19   Communities living around Papua New Guinea’s Porgera gold mine lack enough access to clean water to meet their basic needs.  They are also exposed to concerning levels of chemicals linked to mine operations, according to a new report ‘Red Water: Mining and the Right to Water in Porgera’….

  Cressida Kuala from the Porgera Red Wara Women’s Association says she has long suspected that water in the rivers which flow through her village and others in the mine area is unsafe to drink.  “Some times we walk about three or four hours up to the mountains to fetch water when there’s no water during the dry season.  When it rains we are a little bit scared that it contains chemicals that are being let out from the smoke,” said Cressida Kuala.  https://ramumine.wordpress.com/tag/barrick-gold/