Oxfam, an international development and humanitarian aid agency with projects in the Philippines was approached by Marinduque community members for help.
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Placer Dome (and now Barrick) are defendants in an ongoing court battle over the highly controversial Marcopper mining disaster, which took place at the Marcopper Mine (run by Marcopper, a Placer Dome subsidiary) on the island of Marinduque, Philippines.