Pueblo Viejo Mine

Barrick
Dominican Republic
2005 – ongoing
Social Impact and Risk Assessment/Social Management Plans/Land Acquisition and Resettlement/Town Planning/Housing Design and Construction/Community Engagement and Development

rePlan prepared two comprehensive Social Impact Assessments for Barrick’s $1.5 billion redevelopment of the Pueblo Viejo gold mine in the Dominican Republic in accordance with international best practice: one for the mine site itself and one for a proposed 120 kilometre-long transmission line.

The assessments included a comprehensive Social Management System that addressed:

public consultation and disclosure

employment

worker housing

skills development and education

environmental management

community health and safety

community development

land acquisition and resettlement

archeological heritage

rePlan is currently implementing the Resettlement Action Plan for the proposed mine site, and preparing a Easement Acquisition Plan to guide compensation and resettlement activities along the proposed transmission line.