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• Acacia Mining’s Hour of Reckoning in Tanzania

  

  Mining companies talk about a ‘social licence to operate’, but legitimacy in the eyes of local communities is proving hard to find at UK-listed Acacia Mining’s North Mara Gold Mine...

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• Mining Giant ERG Ignored UK Government on Human Rights in DR Congo

  

  A British government assessment has found Kazakh mining giant, Eurasian Resources Group (ERG, formerly ENRC), flouted the human rights of several thousand people living on its cobalt and copper concession...

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• Acacia Mining Fails to Address Rights Abuses in Tanzania

  

  In an open letter to Acacia’s board of directors five rights groups express alarm that Acacia’s new community grievance mechanism falls well short of the company’s human rights obligations....

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• Tanzania President Should Insist Barrick Gold Resolves Rights Abuses at Acacia’s North Mara Mine

  

  Seven Tanzanian and international human rights groups today sent an open letter to Tanzanian president John Magufuli urging him to address human rights issues at Acacia’s North Mara Mine....

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