Tanzania, April 9 -- Dar es Salaam. Canada's Court of Appeal for Ontario has dismissed a lawsuit against Barrick's North Mara Gold Mine, drawing mixed reactions from the mining firm and human rights advocates.

The case arose from allegations of deaths and assaults in and around the North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania.

On Tuesday, April 7, 2026, a panel of judges upheld a lower court ruling that the case should not proceed in Ontario, finding that Tanzania is the more appropriate jurisdiction for the matter.

The claim, filed in Ontario in November 2022, centres on alleged excessive use of force by police providing security at the mine in northern Tanzania.

According to court documents, the area is inhabited largely by the Kuria community,...