This is an Updated Post of: ‘The last drops of our water’: how a mine left some of Peru’s poorest high and dry.
The link malfunctioned on the earlier posting which I have now deleted.
Antamina, in the Andes, makes billions thanks to the green tech boom. But locals say they are being poisoned by arsenic, losing their water and sinking further into poverty.
The following article from the Guardian is about mining zinc, not coal. However, the implications of a disaster resonate well from the story’s content. We don’t need this here as well.
Excerpts:
“In the case of Antamina, the concession has been established in such a risk zone, as it is surrounded by key water reserves,” says Karem Luque, a Peruvian biologist specialising in human and environmental health.”
“Water supplies are heavily affected already in the exploration stage. Drilling holes of 100-150 metres in the ground interrupts the natural courses of water that feed principal rivers.”
Read the full article here.
I don't know if Canadian based mining companies are involved in this but as a country we blew it years ago when John McKay's Bill C300 - https://canadians.org/analysis/liberal-mp-john-mckay-tells-mining-conference-bill-c-300-will-see-legislative-resurrection/