An underground gold war in Colombia is ‘a ticking ecological time bomb’

Mongabay
Dec 31, 2024, 10:00 am94 pts
Nearly 100 underground tunnels, running a combined length of more than 84 kilometers, or 52 miles, crisscross and plunge into the depths of the mountain that hosts the Zijin gold mine in Buriticá, northeastern Colombia. Since 2021, those tunnels have been invaded by informal miners associated with Colombia’s…

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