Brazil’s govt to present bill allowing mining on indigenous reserves

Brazil’s government will present a bill later this month giving more leeway to mining in the country, including allowing mines on indigenous land, Mines and Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque said on Thursday.

The bill, which is already being analyzed by the president’s chief of staff, will also look to legalise more small-scale, independent wildcat mines, many of which now operate illegally, the Minister said at a ceremony in Brasilia.