Extra: Water contamination at Barrick’s Veladero mine threatens health and human rights

Barrick Gold continues to benefit from the silence of local and regional authorities in Argentina and Canada

Written by Viviana Herrera and Jan Morrill. Originally published in Canadian Dimension.

Communities in northwestern Argentina have been forced to drink bottled water since 2015 and it’s because of a Canadian gold mine. There have been at least five toxic spills in the last seven years of operations at the Veladero mine—located in the province of San Juan, near the community of San José de Jáchal. Independent water monitoring has confirmed mercury levels higher than what’s safe for human consumption and local residents of Jáchal fear that mining activities may have permanently contaminated their water supply with heavy metals.

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https://miningwatch.ca/blog/2022/12/2/water-contamination-barrick-s-veladero-mine-threatens-health-and-human-rights