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28 Oct 2013

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First Peoples Worldwide

First Peoples Worldwide’s - Indigenous Rights Risk Report for the Extractive Industry - Preliminary Findings

The Indigenous Rights Risk Report makes the financial case for why investors, shareholders, and corporations need to respect Indigenous Peoples rights and proactively work with Indigenous communities to minimize their financial risk and maximize investment returns and shareholder value...[Below are profiles of the 21 highest risk sites in our study. All but one of these sites (Peace River Oil Sands) received a critical Location Risk, meaning they are directly on Indigenous territories...[refers to]: Kosmos – Western Sahara – Cap Boujdor - 4.6; Chevron – Nigeria – Niger Delta – 4.5; Chevron – Argentina – Neuquén – 4.5; Freeport-McMoRan – Indonesia – Grasberg Mine – 4.4; Chevron – Ecuador – Lago Agrio – 4.4; Southern Copper – Argentina – Neuquén – 4.3; EOG - Argentina – Neuquén – 4.3; WPX – Argentina – Neuquén – 4.3; ExxonMobil – Nigeria – Niger Delta 4.2; – ExxonMobil - Papua New Guinea – PNG LNG Project – 4.1; Southwestern – Canada – New Brunswick – 4.2; Apache – Argentina – Neuquen – 4.1; Kosmos – Ghana – Jubilee – 4.1; Cliffs – Chromite Mine – Canada - 4.1; Kinder Morgan - Canada – Trans-Mountain Pipeline – 4.0; Apache/Chevron/EOG – Canada – Pacific Trails Pipeline – 4.0; ExxonMobil – Indonesia – Arun LNG Plant – 4.0; Murphy – Canada – Alberta Bakken – 4.0; Newmont – Ghana - Ahafo - 4.0; Newmont – Indonesia – Batu Hijau Mine – 4.0; Murphy – Canada – Peace River Oil Sands – 4.0.