Independent scientific studies by Australian research organization CSIRO, local Indonesian Universities and the Indonesian government itself, as well as years of detailed site performance monitoring, clearly refute the claims that the waters and marine life of Buyat Bay [in Indonesia] contain excessive levels of toxins...in June 2000 a Peruvian transportation company transporting elemental mercury from the [Yanacocha] mine to the coast suffered an unfortunate and accidental spill...Yanacocha engaged national and international experts who assisted in a complete response to the spill. Yanacocha also engaged third party experts to conduct environmental risk assessments...Yanacocha requested that the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO) to the IFC review the accident and Yanacocha’s response to it and publicly report its findings.