Bulyanhulu Project-01/Kankola

Issues

Sectors

Project

Name: Bulyanhulu Project-01

Investments: IFC 3661

Client:

Support: Risk Guarantee

Country: Tanzania

Complaint

IAM: Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO)

ID: tanzania-bulyanhulu-project-01kankola

Date Filed: Jan. 1, 2002

Date Closed: Jan. 31, 2005

Status: Closed Without Outputs

Description

Bulyanhulu Gold Mine is an underground mine and mill complex established by Kahama Mining Corp. Ltd (KHMC). The area in which the project is situated is an area where small scale miners have been highly active for many years. In January 2002, the Lawyers Environmental Action Team (LEAT) lodged a complaint with CAO on behalf of the Small Scale Miners Committee of Kakola, Tanzania expressing the following concerns: 1. The process of consultation regarding eviction and land clearance as well as resettlement and compensation of small scale miners in 1996; 2. The transfer of concession to Barrick Gold upon its acquisition of Sutton Resources and the consequent resettlement of people in 1998; 3. Failure of MIGA to neither conduct thorough and competent due diligence nor address issues through consultation; 4. Human rights abuses as a result of the eviction process.

Complaint Stages

Timeline

Documents

Name	Category	Description
Assessment Report Summary: Complaint regarding MIGA's guarantee of the Bulyanhulu Gold Mine, Tanzania	Eligibility	Assessment Report Summary: Complaint regarding MIGA's guarantee of the Bulyanhulu Gold Mine, Tanzania
Muhtasari wa ripoti ya uchunguzi malalamiko juu ya dhamana ya miga ya machimbo ya dhahabu Bulyanhulu, Tanzania	Eligibility	AssessmentreportinSwahili.pdf

Involved Groups

Name	Complaints	Group Type
Lawyers Environmental Action Team	1	Local CSO