Editing Placer Dome (section)

==Operations==
In August 2005 Placer Dome had interests in 16 mining operations in seven countries: Campbell, Musselwhite, and Porcupine in Canada; Golden Sunlight, Turquoise Ridge, [[Cortez Gold Mine|Cortez]], and Bald Mountain in the [[United States]]; [[Zaldívar mine|Zaldívar]] and [[La Coipa]] in [[Chile]]; [[North Mara Gold Mine|North Mara]] in [[Tanzania]]; [[South Deep mine|South Deep]] in [[South Africa]]; [[Porgera Gold Mine|Porgera]] in [[Papua New Guinea]]; and Osborne, [[Henty Gold Mine|Henty]], [[Super Pit gold mine|Kalgoorlie]], and [[Granny Smith Gold Mine|Granny Smith]] in [[Australia]].<ref name="invest"/>

In [[New South Wales]] Australia, Placer Dome obtained ownership of the defunct [[Timbarra Gold Mine]], where it achieved some local acclaim for setting new, higher State standards for mining rehabilitation.

In [[Papua New Guinea]], at the [[Porgera Gold Mine]], Placer Dome severely contaminated the Porgera river, surrounding rivers and the [[gulf of Papua]].<ref name=":0" /> In 2005, [[Akali Tange Association]] published  their report ''The Shooting Fields of Porgera Joint Venture'' which documents allegations of murder of local residents by mine security contractors.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=MINING #7 - Barrick and the Cruelty of Gold |url=https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/mining-7-barrick-and-the-cruelty-of-gold/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=CANADALAND |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Akali Tange Association Ing |date=2005 |title=The Shooting Fields of Porgera Joint Venture |url=https://miningwatch.ca/sites/default/files/ATA_Case_Documentation.pdf |website=[[MiningWatch Canada]]}}</ref>
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