Article: Homestake Mining Company Announces Settlement of Natural Resource Damage Claims.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Homestake Mining Company (NYSE: HM; ASX: HSM; TSE: HCX) today announced the full and complete settlement of natural resource damage claims due to tailings material previously discharged into Whitewood Creek. The Federal Government, State of South Dakota and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe as trustees filed the natural resource damage suit in September 1997.

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The final settlement Consent Decree was entered with the Federal District Court on September 2, 1999. The total value of the settlement is ...

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