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Mining in Haiti on Hold Amid Uncertainty, Opposition

The 50-year-old man from the village scrambled up a grassy hill to ask the onsite manager of a U.S. mining company for work. Joseph Tony had heard VCS Mining was bringing jobs, along with paved roads and electricity, to this corner of rural northern Haiti. "Everybody is waiting,'' he said.   But Williamcite Noel, the only VCS employee in Haiti, had nothing to offer. Although the company received one of two gold mining permits in December 2012, the project known by the...


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