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Colombia backs eco-friendly gold production

Marc Howe | January 01, 2013 | 7:11 am Precious Metals Africa Europe Latin America Gold 

Colombia hopes to achieve ecologically sound gold production by means of the Oro Verde ("Green Gold", movement, which pays small-scale miners a significant premium for the adoption of environmentally friendly processing techniques. The World reports that miners in the northern...

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