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29 Mar 2011

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Canadian Press

HudBay defends against allegations in gang rape lawsuit

HudBay Minerals Inc. (TSX:HBM) said Tuesday that it will investigate allegations that security personnel, along with members of the police and military, attacked and gang-raped several women in 2007 during efforts to clear people from lands near a mining project in Guatemala. However, the company said the accusations in a $55-million lawsuit against the company and a subsidiary contradict available information and that it would defend itself "vigorously against them."

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Guatemalan Mayan women victims of gang rapes announce lawsuit in Canada against mining firm HudBay Minerals

Hudbay Minerals lawsuit (re rape & sexual assault in Guatemala, filed in Canada)