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Company: Sunnyside Gold Corporation
Penalty: $10,000,000
Year: 2021
Date: January 13, 2021
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Sunnyside Gold Corp. agreed to pay the Navajo Nation $10 million to resolve claims relating to a 2015 mining accident that contaminated water supplies.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: District of New Mexico
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 1:18md2824
Case Name: In Re: Gold King Mine Release In San Juan County, Colorado, On August 5, 2015
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: Utah
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