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Leading opponent of $5bn Newmont Conga mine in legal trouble

MINING.com Editor | June 06, 2013 | 11:10 pm Base Metals Precious Metals Latin America Copper Gold 

Lead protester against Newmont's (NYSE: NEM) Conga gold project, Gregorio Santos, is being accused of misusing public funds by awarding "contracts to a local businessman in violation of rules on transparent bids." A Peruvian congressional committee recommended Thursday that the attorney...

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