Venezuelan gold strike prompts invasion by 3,000 miners, military raid

Mongabay
Apr 25, 2018, 11:47 am306 pts
Land in Palmarote that was covered in forest now looks like a desecrated cemetery due to artisanal mining pits. Image by Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres. Gregorio and his brother said it was easy to become artisanal gold miners. The precious metal just appeared one day, revealed in the banks of the Pira Pra, a…

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