article_snippet.sent: Barrick Gold has paid compensation to 11 women in remote Papua New Guinea after 11 women in remote Papua New Guinea were raped by the firm’s security guards and police, it was revealed today.
article_snippet.sent: Barrick Gold, reached the out-of-court settlement when 11 women in remote Papua New Guinea threatened to file a lawsuit in the US.
article_snippet.sent: An American gold mining company has paid what is beleived to be a six-figure compensation to 11 women after 11 women were raped by the firm’s security guards and police patrolling Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea .
article_snippet.sent: Barrick Gold, which boasts that it is the world’s leading gold mining company, reached the out-of-court settlement when the women threatened to file a lawsuit in the US .
article_snippet.sent: Responding to a Human Rights Watch report, Barrick set up a ‘remedial framework’ to provide compensation to victims of brutality and more than 130 women accepted payments of around $10,000, as long as more than 130 women agreed not to take any future legal action.
article_snippet.sent: But 11 women rejected the offer as being grossly inadequate and planned a lawsuit in Nevada, where Barrick Gold has a number of mining operations.
article_snippet.sent: Now, after mediation, the mining company and 11 women have reached a confidential settlement and are said by Earth Rights International to be ‘pleased with the results the mining company and the women are getting at this point.
article_snippet.sent: In a joint statement between Barrick Gold and Earth Rights International, Barrick Gold was announced that ‘11 women will receive compensation under the Porgera remedy framework and a payment in connection with 11 women participation in the mediation process.
highlights_snippet.sent: Barrick Gold reached an out-of-court settlement with the 11 rape victims .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Barrick Goldoffered $10,000 but was rejected as 'inadequate'
  Women are thought to have been offered compensation  in the six figures .