The CORE released its Final Report regarding Dynasty Gold Corp., a Vancouver-based mining organization, and found that Dynasty’s failure to take steps to prevent or mitigate the use of Uyghur forced labour demonstrates that it could be “contributing by omission to the use of Uyghur forced labour at the Hatu gold mine”. CORE’s report is in response to a complaint filed in June 2022 by a coalition of 28 organizations alleging that 14 Canadian companies had ties to Uyghur forced labour in their supply chain. In relation to Dynasty, the complainants, represented by Sarah Teich and David Matas, laid out evidence that their mining operations at the Hatu Qi-2 gold mining project in the Uyghur region use or benefit from Uyghur forced labour.

In the Final Report, CORE recommended that Dynasty make reparations, in the form of a donation to not-for-profit organizations working to combat Uyghur forced labour. It also recommended that Dynasty develop and adopt policies indicating how it will carry out human rights due diligence in its operations, and that the Minister of International Trade deny Dynasty trade advocacy support and future financial support.

The release of the Final Report was accompanied by media coverage by the Globe and Mail, available online here.