00:00This is a community where people all know each other and they've known each other for generations
00:04and everybody knows who lives where and everybody kind of thinks they know who thinks what.
00:09And it's actually just really tearing this community apart.
00:12You'd think they're sitting on like a windfall, but they're actually sitting on a landmine.
00:17I mean, to what extent, Jamie, do you think it is part of the conversation and part of the antagonism
00:22that this is a US-backed gold mining company?
00:25If it was a British startup that was doing this, do you think there'd be more support?
00:29Yeah, massively. I think that plays a role in it.
00:34Listen to the people speaking.
00:37I think one of Mariella's, the chairwoman's fellow members of the group, Fidelma O'Kane,
00:44she said, we're concerned about the water, the air, the land and the health,
00:48things that are basic to our survival.
00:49It's not about money for people in America or Canada.
00:52This is part of us.
00:53We live in Sparrens.
00:55We love the Sparrens and we want it to be safe for our grandchildren.
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