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Argentina rejects Barrick's challenge to glacier protection

Amanda Stutt | June 04, 2019 | 3:33 pm Australia Latin America Gold 

The verdict is in, and it does not look good for miners in Argentina.   In a unanimous decision on Tuesday, Argentina’s Supreme Court rejected a challenge to an environmental law banning mining in glacial areas that was brought by Barrick Gold. The Canadian miner had attempted to subvert Argentina’s controversial Glacier Protection Law prohibiting mining in glacier and...

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