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Article

15 Dec 2010

Author:
Goldcorp

[PDF] Response by Goldcorp

...Almost 82% of Peñasquito employees are from the local area...contrary to what was reported in the article...[The average hourly worker at the Peñasquito mine earns] $424.35 Mexican Pesos per day or 744% more than the Mexican legal minimum wage...all required federal, state and municipal taxes and royalties are paid and publically report...Mexican environmental authorities...have continually responded that there are not environmental contamination issues at Peñasquito...The Peñasquito mine recycles almost 100% of the water it uses in the mining process. The mine has five years of water studies and continues to monitor the local aquifers to ensure they remain sustainable...[also refers to Montana, part of Goldcorp]