Tanzania: Acacia Mining official says company opted for out-of-court settlement to maintain good relationship with locals
"Gold mining firm reaches payout settlement with Mara villagers"
Acacia Mining, formerly African Barrick Gold, has agreed to an undisclosed payout to settle claims by Tanzanian villagers who sued the company over the killing of six people at its North Mara Mine.
...the company’s Vice-President for Corporate Affairs, Mr Deo Mwanyika, yesterday told The Citizen that they arrived at the decision not because of fears that they would have lost the case but for the sake of maintaining good relations with the community surrounding the North Mara Mine.
“They didn’t have strong evidence to support their case, but as a company which cares, we realized that erasing past scars would be the only positive and lasting solution. So we agreed to the pact,” he said.