Cyanide ponds from illegal mining threaten Amazon Indigenous territory

Mongabay
Nov 2, 2026, 9:12 am90 ptsTrending
Cyanide use in illegal gold mining in the Brazilian Amazon is posing a new threat to people and animals in the Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous Territory. The territory, in the state of Roraima, has been invaded by illegal miners who use cyanide to dissolve gold out of crushed ore, leaving behind ponds of…

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