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Civil Suit and Nevsun Resources Ltd.

Nevsun Resources Ltd.: Nevsun Resources Ltd. TSX:NSU says it will "vigorously" defend itself from the civil suit filed Thursday by a lawyer representing three former employees. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. The three former employees, who are not in Canada at this time, allege in a statement of claim they worked under threat of "physical punishment, torture and imprisonment." A Vancouver-based mining company says allegations of human rights violations at the Bisha open pit mine in northeastern Africa are unfounded and it will defend itself from a civil suit filed this week in B.C. Supreme Court. The suit alleges forced labour and other crimes against humanity were perpetrated by the company and its local sub-contractor in the Bisha Mine in the East African country of Eritrea. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.