This wouldn’t be the first time that Canada’s Barrick Gold has attempted to dodge responsibility while minimizing reports of home burnings and rape.
Human rights advocates in Papua New Guinea raised alarm following shocking accusations of violence leveled at police by villagers residing near the Porgera Joint Venture Gold Mine owned by Barrick Gold, the world’s largest gold mining company. The police stand accused of taking part in a pre-dawn operation Saturday where villagers said 150 houses were torched.