El proyecto extraero oro, esta situado en la Cordillera Occidental de los Andes, abarca parte del valle denominado Alto Chicama a una altura de 4150 msnm. La preocupacion principal entre la poblacion es la potencial contaminacion de las numerosas lagunas que se encuentran a mas de 4000msnm. Barrick planea usar para sus operaciones, lagunas que permanentemente y durante siglos, son el medio de subsistencia para la poblacion. |
| Name | Alto Chicama, Peru |
| Country | Peru |
| Province | La Libertad |
| Site | Santiago de Chuco |
| Accuracy of Location | HIGH local level |
| Type of Conflict (1st level) | Mineral Ores and Building Materials Extraction |
| Type of Conflict (2nd level) | Mineral ore exploration Water access rights and entitlements Tailings from mines |
| Specific Commodities | Gold |
| Project Details | Extraeron cerca de 7.3 millones de onzas de oro. Barrick asegura que los costos de produccion sera de US $135 por onza de oro. Mina a tajo abierto Proceso de lixiviacion con cianuro. Usara mas de 150.000kg de cianuro en solucion por semana. Procesara aproximadamente 90.000 toneladas metricas de mineral por dia. |
| Project Area (in hectares) | 815500 |
| Level of Investment (in USD) | 369500000 |
| Type of Population | Rural |
| Start Date | 2005 |
| Company Names or State Enterprises | Barrick Gold Corporation from Canada Barrick Misquichilca from Peru |
| Relevant government actors | Consejo Nacional de Ambiente , Ministerio de Energia y Minas, Direccion Regional de Energia y Minas, Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales |
| Environmental justice organisations and other supporters | Comunidades circundantes al Alto Chicama, Federacion Regional de Rondas Campesinas de La Libertad, Coordinador Provincial de Santiago de Chuco de la Federacion de Rondas, Tribunal a la mineria transnacional |
| Intensity of Conflict (at highest level) | LOW (some local organising) |
| When did the mobilization begin | PREVENTIVE resistance (precautionary phase) |
| Groups Mobilizing | Farmers Indigenous groups or traditional communities Ronderos |
| Forms of Mobilization | Creation of alternative reports/knowledge Public campaigns |
| Environmental Impacts | Visible: Loss of landscape/aesthetic degradation, Surface water pollution / Decreasing water (physico-chemical, biological) quality, Large-scale disturbance of hydro and geological systems, Mine tailing spills Potential: Desertification/Drought, Food insecurity (crop damage), Waste overflow, Deforestation and loss of vegetation cover |
| Socio-economic Impacts | Potential: Increase in violence and crime, Loss of livelihood, Loss of traditional knowledge/practices/cultures, Militarization and increased police presence, Land dispossession |
| Project Status | Planned (decision to go ahead eg EIA undertaken, etc) |
| Pathways for conflict outcome / response | Violent targeting of activists Application of existing regulations |
| Do you consider this as a success? | Not Sure |
| Why? Explain briefly. | Las autoridades peruanas encargadas de controlar los impactos ambientales han hecho observaciones al EIA pero lo aprobaron finalmente. |
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| Contributor | Patricio Chavez |
| Last update | 08/04/2014 |