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Deal #4767 Version #69336

Liberia

Created at

2015-09-10

Last update

2017-07-28

Last full update

2017-10-05

How did the community react?

Community reaction

Rejection

Displacement of people

Number of people actually displaced

325

Comment on displacement of people

325 families in two villages, Kinjor and Larjor. Community members were involuntarily resettled.

Promised or received compensation

Promised compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)

Houses. "The promised resettlement package remains largely undelivered". Houses are still to be finished. "Madam Fahnbulleh added that though the General Manager of Aureus Mining promised to give each family US$50 if they moved, they never received the money. Later he explained to them that only those who moved earlier were entitled to this amount."

Promised benefits for local communities

Health, Education, Other

Comment on promised benefits for local communities

Hand pumps. Company has installed some hand pumps and one school.