December 17, 2021 Amazon tribe suffers mercury contamination as illegal mining spreads Illegal gold mining in the north Amazonian territory of Brazil's indigenous Munduruku people has led to more than half of several hundred people tested showing unsafe mercury levels.
December 16, 2021 Falco raises $13 million for Horne 5 engineering, studies The project is in the Rouyn-Noranda camp of Quebec, in the footprint of the former Horne mine that Noranda operated from 1927 to 1976.
December 16, 2021 Interventions against illegal mining in Peru narrowly effective Illegal gold miners moved from the Madre De Dios biodiversity hotspot to nearby areas.
December 15, 2021 New Gold sells Blackwater gold stream to Wheaton for C$300 million The gold stream entitles Wheaton to 8% of the gold produced from Blackwater in British Columbia.
December 15, 2021 SolGold reports first resource estimate for Cacharposa deposit in Ecuador Inferred resources add 96.9 million tonnes.
December 15, 2021 Sibanye sees gold output at lower end of guidance The company said its 2021 gold production would be at the lower end of a 884,000-948,000 ounces range.
December 15, 2021 Centerra Gold hit with lawsuit over rights violations at Kyrgyzstan mine It alleges cyber-security and employee rights violations at Kumtor, in the latest chapter of the parties' dispute over the asset.
December 15, 2021 Ford Foundation commits $3m to back ESG initiatives linked to West Africa’s resource sector The Extractive Industry and Climate Change Governance Fund comes from the Ford Foundation’s $1 billion social bond, launched in 2020.
December 14, 2021 Chile’s Supreme Court orders new evaluation of Norte Abierto project The dispute involves the potential impacts of the mine project on a nearby indigenous community.
December 14, 2021 Orla pours first gold at Camino Rojo in Mexico Three bars were poured with a total weight of 1,278 oz containing approximately 770 oz of gold and 510 oz of silver.
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