Anvil Mining

Anvil Mining is a small copper, silver and cobalt mining company based in Perth, Australia, but incorporated in Canada. 

One of Anvil's projects is the Dikulushi copper and silver mining operation, established in 2002 approximately 50 kilometers from Kilwa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. On October 14, 2004, a small band of several dozen rebels occupied the town of Kilwa. In response, a Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) military unit - who flew into the town on an Anvil-chartered plane and used its trucks - went on a rampage, massacring approximately 100 people.

Board
Accessed May 2010:


 * John W. Sabine - Chairman, Independent Director
 * William S. Turner - Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
 * Thomas C. Dawson
 * Patrick Evans
 * Jesus Fernandez
 * Jeremy Weir

Directors (2008)
Accessed September 2008:


 * John W. Sabine - Chairman, Independent Director
 * William S. Turner - Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
 * Peter J. Bradford
 * Thomas C. Dawson
 * Ambassador Kenneth L. Brown

Contact details
Level 2, 38 Richardson Street West Perth WA 6005 Australia (PO Box 1654, West Perth, WA, 6872, Australia) Telephone: +61 (8) 9481 4700 Fax: +61 (8) 9481 4800 Web: http://www.anvil.com.au/index.shtml

1 Place Ville-Marie 28th Floor, Suite 2821 Montréal, Quebec Canada QC H3B 4R4 Telephone: +1 (514) 448 6664 Fax:+1 (514) 448 6665

SourceWatch Resources

 * Gary Berson
 * Purple Communications
 * Dan Gertler

UN Report on Kilwa Massacre

 * United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic republic of Congo, "Report on the conclusions of the Special Investigation into allegations of summary executions and other violations of human rights committed by the FARDC in Kilwa (Province of Katanga) on 15 October 2004". (Pdf document).

The document is in a PDF format.

Four Corners Program on Kilwa Massacre

 * Sally Neighbour, "The Kilwa Incident", Four Corners, June 6, 2006.

Media Releases by Anvil Mining

 * Anvil Mining, "The Kilwa Event", Media Release, October 15, 2004. (Pdf)
 * Anvil Mining, "The Kilwa Event", Media Release, October 18, 2004. (Pdf)
 * Anvil Mining, "Response to Television Report of June06", Media Release, June 7, 2005. (Pdf)
 * Anvil Mining, "Anvil Confirms Denial of Unfounded Allegations", Medial Release, June 21, 2005. (Pdf)
 * Anvil Mining, "Anvil Responds to Latest Media Reports", Medial Release, August 19, 2005. (Pdf)
 * Anvil Mining, "Anvil Confirms That Allegations Are Unfounded", Medial Release, August 23, 2005. (Pdf)
 * Anvil Mining, "Extract from Petition of Kilwa Chiefs", Medial Release, August 23, 2005. (Pdf)
 * "Anvil Mining Congo receives notification from Congolese Military Court in relation to the Kilwa incident in October 2004", Media Release, October 18, 2006. (Pdf)

General Articles

 * Jamie Freed, "Congo miner tries to explain", Sydney Morning Herald, November 2, 2005.
 * Emad Mekay, "Finance:Groups Question World Bank's Role in Troubled Mine", AllAfrica.com, February 1, 2006.
 * Bank Information Center, Environmental Defense and Rights and Accountability in Development, "World Bank Buries Internal Report on Controversial Congo Mining Project, Say Groups", January 31, 2006.
 * Compliance Adviser Ombudsman, "Democratic Republic of Congo- Dikulushi Copper-Silver Mine", World Bank, February 2, 2006.
 * Compliance Adviser Ombudsman, *"Audit of MIGA's Due Diligence of the Dikulushi Copper-Silver Mining Project in The Democratic Republic of the Congo", World Bank, February 2, 2006. (2.3MB pdf).
 * Bank Information Center, Environmental Defense and Rights and Accountability in Development, "World Bank Insurance Arm Fails to Protect Local Communities, Audit Finds; Bank's Compliance Office Reveals Due Diligence Failures in DR Congo Mining Project", Media Release, February 3, 2006.
 * Fergus Shiel, "Australian miner escapes Congo kill blame", The Age, February 8, 2006.
 * Cameron England, "Miners explore final frontier", The Advertiser (Adelaide, Aust), February 11, 2006.*David Lewis, "Congo court urges massacre trial for foreign miners". Reuters, October 17, 2006.
 * Kelly Patterson, "African tribunal cites Canadian company for role in massacre", CanWest News Service; Ottawa Citizen, October 17, 2006.