UK Trial Challenges Gold Industry’s ‘Responsible Gold’ Certification

Click to expand Image North Mara Gold Mine in Tarime district, northwest Tanzania. © 2022 Private An unusual trial will begin next week in London’s High Court: the families of two 23-year-old Tanzanian men who were fatally shot in 2019 at a Canadian-owned gold mine in northern Tanzania are bringing a case against the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), an industry body that oversees the London gold market.Another 30 Tanzanians recently joined the case, while a Canadian court dismissed another lawsuit over the killings, saying it did not have jurisdiction. The families are seeking…

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