Tambogrande, Peru Manhattan pulls out after US$60mn Tambogrande loss - Peru Mines & Communities Website   February 7/2005 Vancouver-based exploration company Manhattan Minerals is pulling out of Peru forever after losing US$60mn in its failed Tambogrande polymetallic project, said company CEO and president Dr. Peter Guest. Manhattan CEO sees Tambogrande mine on line in 2004 Planet Ark   December 12/2002 Canada's Manhattan Minerals Corp. is hoping its environmental impact study of a $405-million gold and copper mine planned for northern Peru, will ease local farmers' fears the project will ruin their land. A life worth more than gold Washington Post   June 8/2002 The mineral deposit could be worth $1 billion to the Canadian mining company that has the rights to tap it. However, 20,000 residents of Tambogrande have decided that they prefer their homes and their fruit orchards to gold. Manhattan Minerals' shares plummet 28% Globe and Mail   June 4/2002 Vancouver-based Manhattan Minerals Corp. shares fell 51 cents (Canadian) or 28.6 per cent, on the Toronto Stock Exchange after residents of Tambogrande in northern Peru voted overwhelmingly against the construction of an open pit gold mine. Peruvian farmers vote against gold mine Friends of the Earth Press Release   June 4/2002 Citizens of the Peruvian municipality of Tambogrande stated loud and clear in Sunday's referendum that they do not want the gold under their village to be mined. Peru town votes on mine plan amid pollution fears Reuters   June 3/2002 Peruvians in the northern town of Tambogrande are set to vote in a local referendum on whether to keep the status quo in their quiet farming community or embrace big mining with a copper and gold mine which some fear could ruin their livelihood. Peru's Tambogrande slams mine project in vote Reuters   June 2/2002 Residents of the northern Peruvian valley of Tambogrande voted overwhelmingly to reject a planned $315 million copper and gold mine they say could ruin their agricultural livelihood. Manhattan gold mine in Peru faces vote Globe and Mail   May 10/2002 Residents of Tambogrande in northern Peru will vote in a referendum on June 2 on whether or not they would support the construction of a gold mine that will require relocating one-quarter of the town, or about 1,600 homes. Gold v. food: Independent Oxfam, MPC, EMCBC, report exposes mining risks at Peruvian gold mine August 15/2001 Cyanide leach mine could force relocation of 8000 people and pollute farmlands and water -- current baseline study would fail U.S. and Canadian environmentl review process Peruvian mine site a political flash point Globe and Mail   March 27/2001 Manhattan Minerals Corp. holds a Supreme Decree from the Peruvian government allowing it to develop a mine, but that wasn't enough to prevent its Tambogrande exploration site from being trashed in a riot last month.