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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=6
color=red face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:26.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
color:red;font-weight:bold'>Action Alert<u1:p></u1:p></span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><font size=2
color=red face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
color:red;font-weight:bold'>October 12, 2009</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font
size=5 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Tell Pacific Rim to Drop the $77
Million Lawsuit Against <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El
Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>!</span></font></i></b><i><font
size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>In the department of <st1:City w:st="on">Cabañas</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region>, communities have been
protesting against a proposed gold mining project by <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific
Rim</st1:place>, a Canadian mining company. Their concern? That cyanide
used to extract gold would poison <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s largest
river, the primary source of drinking water for millions in the country<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>.</span></i> Their protests were strong enough to
shut down the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El Dorado</st1:place></st1:City>
gold mining site. In 2007, the Ministry of Environment denied <st1:place
w:st="on">Pacific Rim</st1:place>’s permit to start drilling for
gold.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>But <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific Rim</st1:place> is not listening.
Instead, the company is suing the Salvadoran government for $77 million for
“lost profit” (read more about the <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=496&Itemid=28">Pacific
Rim lawsuit</a>). How can they do this?! The U.S. Central American Free
Trade Agreement (CAFTA) protects the “rights” of corporations
over national laws that safeguard workers and the environment. Chapter 10
of CAFTA gives private foreign investors the “right” to sue for
“profit infringement” and extort millions of dollars from
governments like <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El
Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Since the U.S. Congress voted to approve CAFTA in 2005—by a
mere two votes—the cross-border resistance has continued. The
Salvadoran people have successfully mobilized to block the privatization of
health care and water and other policies tied to this “free”
trade agreement.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>But death squad violence in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region> has resurfaced
since the passing of CAFTA, specifically targeting trade unionists,
resource rights activists and members of the left political party, the FMLN
(Farabundo Martí Front for National Liberation). In June 2009, the
anti-mining struggle turned deadly when outspoken community leader <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=610&Itemid=28">Marcelo
Rivera was tortured and killed</a>. The right-wing Attorney General has
refused to investigate this as a political assassination, or to investigate
numerous death threats, kidnapping and assassination attempts in Cabañas.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Pacific Rim’s lawsuit could devastate <st1:country-region
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region>’s economy, taking state
funds out of necessary social programs like farming, health care and education
and putting it in the pockets of corporate shareholders in <st1:place
w:st="on">North America</st1:place>. <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>Call CEO Thomas Shrake and demand that <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific
Rim</st1:place> withdraw its lawsuit and respect the will of the
Salvadoran people by closing the mines!</span></i></b><span
class=skypetbinnertext><o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
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color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
class=skypetbinnertext><b><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>CALL Pacific
Rim Headquarters today -- </span></font></b></span><b><font size=4
face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>from the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> <img
border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1070"
src="cid:image003.gif@01CA4B32.6A10E2E0"><span class=skypetbinnertext>1-
(888) 775-7097 or </span>from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place> <span
class=skypetbinnertext>(604) 689-1976 -- and leave a message with the
corporate secretary <i><span style='font-style:italic'>(see call script on
back of page)</span></i></span></span></font></b><span
class=skypetbinnertext><i><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>.</span></font></i></span><span
class=skypetbinnertext><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
class=skypetbinnertext><b><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>You can also <a
href="mailto:general@pacrim-mining.com">email Pacific Rim directly</a></span></font></b></span><font
size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>For more information on local actions and the
anti-mining struggle, please visit <a href="http://www.cispes.org/">www.cispes.org</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font
size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Use the following script to
contact Thomas Shrake, CEO and President of <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific
Rim</st1:place>:<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><i><font size=3 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>To
call from the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> dial <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>1- (888) 775-7097</span></b>, or from <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region> <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>(604) 689-1976</span></b>, then leave a message
for the corporate secretary:<span class=skypetbinnertext><o:p></o:p></span></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span class=skypetbinnertext><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span class=skypetbinnertext><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>1. Hello, I am calling to urge President and CEO Thomas Shrake and
the Board of Pacific Rim, to drop the lawsuit you filed against the
government of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El
Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Local and national civic
organizations have been actively opposing the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">El Dorado</st1:place></st1:City> mine since 2004. Salvadoran
environmentalists, economists and social movement leaders have roundly
rejected the mine, and now this outrageous lawsuit, on a number of grounds.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span class=skypetbinnertext><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span class=skypetbinnertext><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold'>2. Choose 1 or 2 of the following points.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
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class=skypetbinnertext><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>Environmental: </span></font></b></span><span
class=skypetbinnertext><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Salvadoran
community activists and environmental organizations have consistently
denounced the devastating environmental impacts that would result from the <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El Dorado</st1:place></st1:City> mine. The
mine would contaminate the river that serves as the primary source of
drinking water for the majority of Salvadorans and use over 10,000 gallons
of water a day. All this in a country where 30% of the rural population
lacks access to potable water. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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class=skypetbinnertext><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font></span><![endif]><span
class=skypetbinnertext><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>Trade justice: </span></font></b></span><span
class=skypetbinnertext><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>The
Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), the basis for Pacific
Rim’s lawsuit, was widely opposed throughout the <st1:country-region
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> and <st1:place w:st="on">Central
America</st1:place>. Citizen advocacy groups in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region> charge that CAFTA
is unconstitutional and have brought the case before their Supreme Court.
As CAFTA’s legitimacy itself is in question, <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific
Rim</st1:place>’s lawsuit appears even more bogus.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span class=skypetbinnertext><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
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class=skypetbinnertext><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>Economic: </span></font></b></span><span
class=skypetbinnertext><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>According
to economic experts, the mine provides no long-term economic benefit for <st1:country-region
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region>, only for <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific
Rim</st1:place>. The gold mining industry contributes only 0.04% to <st1:country-region
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region>’s GDP while foreign
companies like <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific Rim</st1:place> plan to take
away millions in profit. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span class=skypetbinnertext><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
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class=skypetbinnertext><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>Human rights:</span></font></b></span><span
class=skypetbinnertext><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> I
have heard first-hand accounts of horrible political violence against
community members in Cabañas who have actively opposed the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">El Dorado</st1:place></st1:City> mine. Even if Pacific Rim did
not directly instigate this violence, the murder of Marcelo Rivera, and the
attempted assassinations of Father Luis Quintanilla and Ramiro Rivera are
undoubtedly a result of <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific Rim</st1:place>’s
presence. The fact that people are risking their lives to fight against <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El Dorado</st1:place></st1:City> shows just
how unwelcome gold mines are and how disgraceful this lawsuit is. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
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class=skypetbinnertext><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>Sovereignty: </span></font></b></span><span
class=skypetbinnertext><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>This
lawsuit infringes upon the rights of sovereign governments to protect the
interests of their people as they see fit. Each country has the right to
determine how its land is used, as well as the fate of its natural
resources. Your lawsuit tramples on those rights. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span class=skypetbinnertext><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span class=skypetbinnertext><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>3. It is shameful that Mr. Shrake is willing to wreak profound
economic damage on an entire nation for the financial gain of his company.
These lawsuits will hit the poorest people in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region> the hardest. If Mr.
Shrake has his way, much-needed funding for social programs like health
care, food and housing will go directly into the pockets of your
shareholders.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span class=skypetbinnertext><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span class=skypetbinnertext><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold'>For these reasons, I again urge you to withdraw the
disgraceful lawsuit that Pacific Rim has filed against <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
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