Golden Star Resources did not respond to: Community-based group in Prestea reports “brutalities” by Golden Star Resources & state security against local residents, allegedly under guise of fighting illegal mining.

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Investigate human rights abuses in Prestea [Ghana]

Author: Abdul Karim Naatogmah, CitiFm Online (Ghana)

[Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Golden Star Resources to respond. Golden Star Resources did not respond.] A group calling itself the Concerned Citizens Association of Prestea (CCAP) has taken a swipe at [the]… alleged...

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[PDF] Shaping Corporate Social Responsibility in sub-Saharan Africa - Guidance Notes from a Mapping Survey

Author: GIZ (Center for Cooperation with the Private Sector - CCPS, South Africa)

The GIZ Center for Cooperation with the Private Sector (CCPS) endeavours to partner with companies...to promote Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in sub-Saharan Africa; in doing so, it [considers]...that through socially and environmentally...

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[PDF] Conflict-Free Gold Standard Exposure Draft March 2012

Author: World Gold Council

The World Gold Council Conflict Free Gold Standard provides a mechanism by which gold producers can assess the risk that their operations may contribute to armed conflict and associated serious human rights abuses...[G]old producers who are in...

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[PDF] Unrestrained Consumption - on Africa's Expense

Author: DanWatch

The African continent contains a large proportion of the world’s metal and mineral reserves, and African countries are thus the proprietors of a valuable natural resource...[but] the African countries from which these materials are extracted remain...

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Golden Star Resources did not respond to: Report highlights negative social impact of tax avoidance by mining companies in Africa.

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[DOC] Statement of WACAM on the cyanide spillage by Newmont Ahafo mine [Ghana]

Author: Daniel Owusu-Koranteng, Wassa Communities Affected by Mining [Ghana]

It is worrying that Newmont employed every conceivable means including scientific dishonesty and misinformation to avoid taking responsibility for the consequences of the cyanide spillage. ...The cyanide spillage has exposed the weaknesses in the...

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