Colombia’s illegal gold mines prosper
The Colombian government estimates the number of producers without licenses has risen from the last census in 2010-2011.
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The Colombian government estimates the number of producers without licenses has risen from the last census in 2010-2011.
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Colombian armed groups are reaping profits from illegal gold mining that are five times greater than returns from cocaine.
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Some exploration projects in Colombia are advancing to the mine definition stage, says Paul Harris, the Colombia-based editor and publisher of the Colombia Gold Letter.
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Tens of thousands of Colombians took to the streets of Bucaramanga, the country’s sixth-largest city, last month to defend their water supply from a Canadian-owned gold-mining project.
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What if the shockingly low valuations of some junior mining companies are really all they’re worth? As the market shakes off years of exuberance, Brent Cook, co-editor of the Exploration Insights newsletter, searches for the truly undervalued.
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The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and a new generation of drug gangs (known locally as “Bacrims”) are increasingly turning to gold mining to finance their terrorist acts.
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