RE: Semi OT - SLW A more detailed report which puts the ruling in context:
https://news.yahoo.com/barrick-fined-16m-pascua-lama-violations-164342441.html
Or google Pascua Lama Yahoo.
"The regulator found 23 violations, and Barrick accepted all but one of them in a detailed response on April 29. But the sanctions don't mean the end of Pascua-Lama — far from it."
It sounds to me like the remediation work is a good thing, and the cost of full compliance is probably negligibile in the grand scheme of things. But it's hard to understand why Barrick cut corners, because these endless delays are costly.
Death by a thousand cuts?