Alternative Report on the controversial gold mining project in Colombia
Press Release // London // 8 December 2013
Demonstration in Ibagué - Tolima. June 2013. The sign reads: "Yes to Life, No to the Mine". Photo credit: Viviana Sánchez.
London-based human rights organisation Colombia Solidarity Campaign has published an Alternative Report about La Colosa, the AngloGold Ashanti gold mining project in Colombia’s municipality of Cajamarca (Tolima), entitled La Colosa: A Death Foretold.
The report unveils, for the first time, findings which clearly show that if the production phase of the La Colosa gold mine goes ahead, its implications to local communities would be much graver than previously anticipated. Community leaders and human rights defenders are already paying the highest price - their lives - for their opposition to the large-scale corporate mining project.
This report is a result of extensive research that included more than 100 interviews on the ground, legal document analysis, and technical assessment by Dr. Mark Muller, a highly respected international expert on mining.
AngloGold Ashanti is a company listed on the London Stock Exchange.
 LA Colosa: A Death Foretold | [Alternative Report about the AngloGold Ashanti Gold Mining Project in Cajamarca, Tolima, Colombia] | 7718 Kb |
 LA COLOSA: Una Muerte Anunciada | [Informe alternativo acerca del proyecto LA COLOSA de AngloGold Ashanti en Cajamarca, Tolima] | 5445 Kb |
