China Gold: Stop Mining Tibet

Tibetans and their supporters in Canada are gearing up to protest China Gold International Resources at the company's Annual General Meeting. Help support their efforts by sending a letter to President & CEO Mr. Xin Song demanding he immediately halt operations in Tibet.

China Gold International Resources is the Canadian arm of China Gold Group Corp – one of China’s largest state-owned mining companies, and one with a bad track record in Tibet. For several years the company has been mining in the Gyama valley near Lhasa, spilling toxic waste into the local water supply, and facilitating the resettlement of nomads off their traditional land. It is critical that China Gold's executives hear opposition to this project from people worldwide.

TAKE ACTION! Send the letter below to China Gold International Resources' President and CEO, Mr. Xin Song.

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Mr. Xin Song

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In the wake of the tragic landslide in Gyama that claimed the lives of 83 people, I join people worldwide in opposing China Gold International Resources Corp. Ltd's mining operations in Gyama Township, Meldro Gongkar County, near Lhasa, Tibet's capital city (Chinese: Jiama Township, Tibet Autonomous Region). The landslide, as leading Tibetan writer Woeser argues, was caused or triggered by the impact of reckless mining in the region.

Tibetans have farmed this beautiful valley for thousands of years and now your company's mining operation is destroying the fertile land forever. In fact, in 2010 scientists from Finland, Norway, and China revealed that mining in the Gyama region has contaminated surface water causing "a considerably high risk to the local environment."

Tibetans in the area can no longer drink from the local river without fear of illness, farmers' livestock have died from drinking the poisonous water and grassland degradation and desertification has resulted from water diversion projects connected to the mining operation. In 2009 Tibetans tried to petition local officials to stop the disastrous mining, Chinese police were called into the region to suppress the opposition. The situation remains tense to this day.

Under Chinese occupation, Tibetans have been denied their internationally recognized right to determine the use of their own natural resources. Until Tibetans regain control over their land, no Canadian or other foreign company has any business profiting off of it.

I call on you to immediately cease all operations in Tibet.

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