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Pacific Rim's El Dorado Gold Mine

Local girl from San Isidro gathers water in plastic containers due to the scarcity of the vital resource. Canadian mining company Pacific Rim was slated to develop its El Dorado open pit gold mine in San Isidro, but the project's exploitation license was revoked in 2008 due to health and environmental concerns. Pacific Rim has since filed an international arbitration proceedings against the Government of El Salvador under CAFTA-DR free trade agreement claiming significant loss. San Isidro, Cabañas, El Salvador. June 12, 2007.

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Local girl from San Isidro gathers water in plastic containers due to the scarcity of the vital resource. Canadian mining company Pacific Rim was slated to develop its El Dorado open pit gold mine in San Isidro, but the project's exploitation license was revoked in 2008 due to health and environmental concerns. Pacific Rim has since filed an international arbitration proceedings against the Government of El Salvador under CAFTA-DR free trade agreement claiming significant loss. San Isidro, Cabañas, El Salvador. June 12, 2007.