San Martín

Project Phase / Fase del proyecto:

The mine closed in 2010.

Exploration Start Date / Fecha de inicio de la exploración:

1995-1996

Exploitation Start Date / Fecha de inicio de la explotación:

2000

Extraction Type / Método de extracción:

Open pit

Country / País:

Honduras

Company / Empresa:

Parent Company: Glamis Gold Ltd. (Canada): (1995-2005)

Parent Company: Goldcorp Inc. (Canada): (2005-2010)

Subsidiary: Minerales Entre Mares de Honduras, S.A.

Natural Resource / Recurso natural:

Gold

Municipality, Department / Municipio, Departamento:

Cedros (Siria Valley), Francisco Morazán

El Porvenir (Siria Valley), Francisco Morazán

San Ignacio (Siria Valley), Francisco Morazán

Region / Región:

Central America

Legal Actions / Acciones Legales:

1998-2013 Honduran Mining Laws

2000 Community complaint to Environmental Prosecutor

2000 Community organizations challenge legality of environmental permit

2002 Criminal complaint filed for contamination to Malake River

2004-2007 Investigation into water contamination leads to fine against company, overturned by court on appeal

2006-2009 Draft Mining Law proposed by civil society organizations

2006-2013 Moratorium on Mining Concessions

2006-2017 Constitutional Challenges to Honduran Mining Laws

2007 and 2009 Latin American Water Tribunal Hearings

2007- Municipalities Declare Territories Free of Mining [San Martín]

2007-2010 Community Complaint to Environmental Prosecutor

2008 CAVS files criminal complaint against Attorney General for obstruction of justice

2008 Petition for constitutional protection of the right to medical attention

2011 Administrative Appeal to declare Siria Valley a Health Emergency

2011-2013 Criminal charges against Siria Valley Environmental Committee (CAVS) members

2012 People’s International Health Tribunal Hearing on Goldcorp’s mining operations in Central America [Honduras]

2013 IACHR Hearing on Impact of Canadian Mining in Latin America

2013- Proposed National Consultation Law

2018 UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders visit to Honduras

Political Actions / Acciones Políticas:

2013 Community Anti-Mining Training Meetings

2001 First National Encounter of Communities Affected by Mining

2001 'Pilgrimage for Life'

2005 Workers' Occupation of San Martín Mine

2006 Statement sent to Glamis Gold

2007 Demonstrations demanding legislative ban on open pit metallic mining

2008 Hunger strike leads to creation of MADJ

2008 ACD Letter to the Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment (SERNA)

2009-2012 Meetings with Industry Representatives regarding New Mining Laws

2010 Public Statement by CAVS on 10 years of Complaints against Goldcorp Inc.

2011 Meeting with Goldcorp and Civil Society Groups on San Martín Mine Closure

2011 International Call to Stop Criminalizing Environmental Defenders

2012 Civil Society Communiqué rejecting Proposed Mining Law

2012 Results of public opinion survey on mining presented at mining conference

2012 Honduran Civil Society Organizations Denounce Government's Failure to Consider Public Demands regarding the Proposed Mining Law

2012 Medical brigade visits Siria Valley

2012 Press Conference on Health Impacts of San Martín Mine

2013 Urgent call to International Community regarding imminent approval of new Mining Law

2013 Documentary on Mining in Honduras Released

2014 Demonstrations demanding reforms to Mining Law

2015 Protest of World-Bank Sponsored Conference in Tegucigalpa

2015 Protest at International Mining Congress in Honduras

2016 Letter to Canadian Prime Minister on Greater Accountability

Reports / Informes:

2006 Technical Study: Water Contamination in the mining exploitation areas of the San Martin project in Valle de Siria and the repercussions for human health (Spanish)

2008 CIDSE submission to the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Business and Human Rights

2009 Latin America: Private Wealth, Public Poverty (Spanish)

2010 Legal Strategies to Address the Negative Consequences of Extractive Projects (Spanish)

2011 Goldcorp (Entre Mares) and the Government of Honduras Hide Information about Systemic Contaminants in Children and Adults

2011 The Perception of Honduran Citizens on the Impact of Metallic Mining (Spanish)

2012 Serious Health Crisis in the Siria Valley, Honduras Caused by Goldcorp Inc.

2013 The San Martin mine in the Valle de Siria - Exploration, Exploitation and Closure (Spanish)

2013 The Myths and Reality of Gold Mining in Central America

2014 The Impact of Canadian Mining in Latin America and Canada's Responsibility: Executive Summary of the Report Submitted to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

2014 ‘In Honduras it is a Sin to Defend Life’: An Ethnography of the Discourses, Practices and Dangers of Opposition to Mining in Honduras,

2014 Assessment of the Mining Situation in Honduras (2007-2012) (Spanish)

2015 The role of businesses and States in violations against human rights defenders of the rights to land, territory and the environment

2016 Metallic Mining in Central America: An Evaluation of Impacts, Transparency, and Taxation (Spanish)

2016 EITI [Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative]: A sufficient incentive for fiscal transparency of extractive industries in Honduras? (Spanish)

2017 Report of the Observatory of Natural Goods and Human Rights of CEHPRODEC (Spanish)

References / Referencias:

CIDSE, “América Latina: Riqueza privada, pobreza pública”, January 2009, online: http://www.flacsoandes.edu.ec/libros/digital/42717.pdf, accessed on October 15, 2020.

Environmental Justice Atlas (EJAtlas), “Valle de Siria, Honduras”, online: https://ejatlas.org/conflict/valle-de-siria-honduras, accessed on October 7, 2020.

Goldcorp Inc., “Amended Annual Report Form for Financial Year ended on December 31, 2006”, March 27, 2007, online: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919239/000094523407000352/o36255exv99w1.htm#127, accessed on October 8, 2020.

MICLA, “San Martin, Honduras”, online: http://micla.ca/conflicts/san-martin-3/, accessed on October 7, 2020.

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