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"Golds Costly Dividend" is a multimedia feature produced by Human Rights Watch with photography by Brent Stirton. The feature reports on the human rights impacts surrounding a gold mine in Papua New Guinea that is operated and 95% owned by the worlds largest gold producer, Barrick Gold.

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