Colombia suspends gold mining in protected natural reserve
Colombia’s Constitutional Court has suspended gold mining activity across more than 247 million acres of protected land in the south of the country.
Colombia’s Constitutional Court has suspended gold mining activity across more than 247 million acres of protected land in the south of the country.
Colombia’s gold is almost exclusively exported to the United States and Switzerland. This gold is mined both legally and illegally, then sold to exporters in Medellin before being sent to North America…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday declared a war on the $2.5 billion illegal mining industry in the country.
Colombia’s “gold czar” has been arrested over allegations of money laundering, fraud and conspiracy with illegal armed groups, local media reported Wednesday.
Colombia’s defense minister on Monday proposed that all gold must be sold to the country’s central bank to prevent illegal armed groups’ involvement in profitable illegal mining operations.
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