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Australian gold miner makes $443 million claim against Ghana in international court
By Eryk Bagshaw and Edward Adeti
Sydney Morning Herald
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
An Australian mining company has filed a claim for $443 million against the Ghanaian government for multiple contract breaches that resulted in it losing the entire value of its gold mine in west Africa.
Cassius Mining filed the claim, witness statements, and independent expert reports at the International Tribunal in London on Tuesday, two years after The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age's Blood Gold investigation revealed a neighbouring Chinese-state-linked mining company had dug hundreds of metres underground into its concession and plundered tens of millions of dollars in gold from its veins.
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Shaanxi, the Chinese miner now known as Earl International, has also been accused of causing dozens of deaths in northern Ghana through poisonous gases. More than 60 miners have been killed in Shaanxi's mines since 2013.
But the Ghanaian government has continued to support the Chinese-state-linked company despite multiple claims of human rights abuse, environmental destruction, and theft, while shutting down Cassius' operations. Shaanxi has denied the allegations. ...
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