People living near waste from Barrick Gold’s Pueblo Viejo mine are telling us that the mine is making residents sick, causing crop failures and livestock deaths, polluting rivers and drinking water, and covering homes in thick black dust.

Communities are demanding (and deserve!) a dignified and just relocation.

What does this mean? At a minimum, communities need to be moved to a safer place and receive fair payment for their homes, crops, land and livelihoods.

Sign on now to demand that government officials relocate impacted communities and negotiate in good faith.

Residents say local rivers are dangerously contaminated. Five surrounding farming communities receive bottled water from the government for their drinking, cooking, and washing needs.

These communities have tried to convince the government and Barrick Gold to relocate 450 families that say they are affected by pollution from the current mine waste dam.

Barrick wants to build a second dam that would displace six more communities.

Sign on now. Say no to dirty gold and yes to safety and dignity for affected communities.

Thank you for making your voice heard.

In solidarity,
Jan Morrill
Interim Mining Program Co-Director, Earthworks

Sources: The Canadian Mining Company Dominicans Call “Worse Than Columbus,” The Jacobin, 2021; ‘It’s a barbarity’: why are hundreds of families asking to be moved away from this Dominican Republic goldmine? The Guardian, 2024; Surviving next to one of the world’s largest gold mines, Earthworks, 2023; El verdadero coste del oro: un nuevo proyecto minero reaviva un viejo conflicto en República Dominicana, El País, 2025.