Tag: Gran Colombia Gold
From peaceful miner protest to humanitarian crisis in central Colombia
A protest of local miners that started off peacefully in two central Colombian towns has somehow...
Curfew imposed on Colombia mining town after protests turn violent
Weeks of fruitless protests of local miners in central Colombia turned violent on Monday, injuring...
Controversial Canada mining company sues Colombia for $700M
Gran Colombia Gold, the Canadian-registered gold company once presided by Colombia’s former...
Canada’s Gran Colombia Gold threatens miners with lay-offs, neo-paramilitaries threaten to kill them
Canadian company Gran Colombia Gold said Wednesday it will suspend contracts of some 1,000 miners...
North Colombia gold mining towns shut down amid deadly dispute with Canadian multinational
Two key gold mining towns in the north of Colombia went on a massive strike Monday amid government...
Gold wars claimed 280 lives: Mining company
The CEO of exploration and mining company Grand Colombia Gold has said confrontations between criminal groups for illegal mining has resulted in 280 deaths this year in the northern Colombian Antioquia department, reported W...
Directors of Gran Colombia Gold buy up shares
Two executives of Canadian company Gran Colombia Gold have been buying up shares, the mineral exploration giant announced Thursday. In the last two weeks Executive Co-Chairman Serafino Iacono bought 540,500 shares on the open...
Gran Colombia Gold pledge $2M for mining town relocation
Canadian mining company Gran Colombia Gold has announced a $2 million investment in the department of Caldas, to aid with the relocation of the town of Marmato in order to build an open pit gold mine. Gran Colombia Gold, the...
Gran Colombia’s Mazamorras exploration camp attacked
Canada’s Gran Colombia Gold, currently the largest underground gold and silver producer in Colombia, said Wednesday its Mazamorras exploration camp was attacked by unknown invaders who set fire to buildings and caused...
