Ontario court rules Guatemalan lawsuit against HudBay can go to trial in Cda

TORONTO – An Ontario court has ruled that lawsuits against HudBay Minerals (TSX:HBM) around alleged shootings and gang-rapes at a former mine in Guatemala can proceed to trial in Canada. The decision means that the claims of 13 Mayan Guatemalans will proceed to trial in Canadian courts and that the Canadian company could potentially be held legally responsible at home. HudBay, which didn’t own the mining operations when the alleged offences occurred, has said in the past that the accusations in the lawsuit contradict available information and that it would defend itself “vigorously against them.”