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Venezuelan government defends Mining Arc, environmentalists say it’s not working

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 26, 2018 | 5:41 pm Base Metals Precious Metals Latin America Copper Diamond Gold Iron Ore 

Almost exactly two years ago, the Venezuelan government signed a decree creating the Mining Arc of the Orinoco River National Development Strategic Zone, a project that outlined a 111,843 Sq.Km concession area (12.2 per cent of the country’s landmass) for...

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