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Article

26 Jun 2002

Author:
Edward Flood, Deputy Chairman, Ivanhoe Mines

False Claims by Labour Groups Rejected as Ivanhoe Sets the Record Straight, Again, About Its Investment in Myanmar

The CLC/ICEM news release accused Ivanhoe of complicity in alleged human rights abuses in Myanmar and urged the company to abandon its investment in the country... · The claim by the labour organizations that there is a link between the Ivanhoe joint-venture mine in Myanmar and alleged mass conscription of involuntary labour is false and repugnant. · The Monywa project is fulfilling the fundamental economic rights of more than 500 direct employees and their families... · There is no evidence that Ivanhoe's investment in the copper project, as a partner with the government-owned Mining Enterprise No. 1, is contributing to the alleged use of involuntary labour by anybody anywhere in Myanmar... · The labour organizations falsely alleged that the Monywa Copper Project, in which Ivanhoe is a joint-venture partner, is linked to severe environmental degradation of the surrounding area... · Ivanhoe's withdrawal from Myanmar would not bring about the changes in government that critics want to see.