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Reputational cases with named outcomes in mining, hydro and palm

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Social license and prior consultation23-licencia-social.md
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Outcomes: Solway/Fénix — Magnitsky designation on 18 November 2022 and delisting of the companies on 17 January 2024, conditional on an anti-corruption program and new ownership; Garcia v. Tahoe — Canadian jurisdiction accepted (2017) and a public apology from Pan American Silver (30 July 2019); REPSA/La Pasión river — court suspension (17 September 2015) and the murder of the complainant the next day; Hidro Santa Cruz — full withdrawal (22 December 2016) after 8 years without a kWh; Marlin/Goldcorp — the company's own human rights assessment (17 May 2010) called for activities to stop, an Inter-American Commission (CIDH) precautionary measure and closure in 2017.

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  • Pan American SilverOwner of Escobal (it bought Tahoe Resources in February 2019): 264.5 Moz of proven and probable silver reserves, a 4,500 t/d plant, ~20 Moz a year in 2014-2017, in care and maintenance since 2017; it settled and issued a public apology in Garcia v. Tahoe (30 July 2019).Company case
  • Hidro Santa CruzHolder of Cambalam (hydro, Barillas): opposition since 2008, a state of siege in 2012 with one death, 23,000 signatures against; it withdrew from the country on 22 December 2016 after 8 years without producing a single kWh.Company case
  • GoldcorpOwner of the Marlin mine (gold, San Marcos): its own human rights assessment (17 May 2010) called for activities to stop; the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) ordered a suspension (20 May 2010, later modified); closure and remediation since June 2017.Company case

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