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Thousands of Peruvians walk 870k to protest mine

Andrew Topf | February 18, 2012 | 11:02 pm Base Metals Precious Metals Europe Latin America Copper Gold 

Peruvians in the northern region of Cajamarca are not giving up easily in their fight over Newmont Mining's proposed Conga copper-gold mine. The Toronto Star reports thousands of rural residents walked the 870-kilometre route south to Lima over 11 days...

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