CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: The Pascua-Lama story (September 30, 2009)

CMJ continues its exclusive, multi-part series on what may be the world's most fascinating gold mine. Because it straddles two countries high in the Andes Mountains, developing the deposit required extraordinary co-operation, new political models and all the best practice know-how that Barrick, the world's largest gold producer, possesses.

The information comes from the September 2009 issue of Barrick's in-house magazine, Beyond Borders, written by Nancy J. White, the company's director of communications, responsible mining (n.white@Barrick.com).