"Nevada court hears Barrick Gold-Philippines province appeal", 3 February 2015

A Philippine island province that experienced mining waste disasters in the 1990s but has been unable to find a court to hear its claim for damages is asking Nevada's highest court to rekindle a nearly 10-year-old state lawsuit against Barrick Gold…Attorney James McCarthy pleaded with six Nevada Supreme Court justices...to let the Province of Marinduque sue in Nevada because the Toronto-based mining company has substantial operations in the state…Steve Morris, a Las Vegas lawyer representing Barrick, accused McCarthy of choosing Nevada because he hoped to find a judge amenable to his claim…The lawsuit alleges the river leading to Marinduque's capital city, Boac, was polluted, and millions of tons of waste laden with arsenic, cadmium, lead, manganese, nickel and sulfate smothered forests, river basins and coral reefs…