In 2022 Canadaland reported hundreds of rapes undertaken by employed security contractors, and starting in 2003 or 2004 a policy of using sexual violence as a means to deter people from salvaging for gold on around the mine.
In 2022, Canadaland exposed widespread cases of rape perpetrated by contracted security guards, and starting in 2003 or 2004, a strategy was implemented to discourage people from prospecting for gold near the mine by resorting to sexual violence.