Illegal Gold Mining Surges on Brazil Indigenous Lands
G Mining Ventures reports a new near-surface gold discovery at Gurupi in Brazil, along with strong drill results at Tocantinzinho, signaling potential for a broader, multi-asset growth pipeline. Separately, IPAM’s analysis shows illegal gold mining on Brazil’s Indigenous lands in the Amazon expanded dramatically, with 2024 areas far larger than 1985 and ongoing mercury contamination and climate-related harms, prompting calls for stronger enforcement, traceability, and Indigenous-led adaptation.
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About Yanomamis
The Yanomami, also spelled Yąnomamö or Yanomama, are a group of approximately 35,000 Indigenous people who live in some 200–250 villages in the Amazon rainforest on the border between Venezuela and Brazil.
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