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Brazil seeks to annul gold mine contract

February 7, 2024February 7, 2024 Miners News

Brazilian federal prosecutors asked a judge to annul a contract between Canadian miner Belo Sun Mining and Brazil’s land rights agency to build a gold mine in the Amazon rainforest, reported Reuters. The news agency said prosecutors back the right of families living in settlements near where the Volta Grande mine would be built to be consulted on the project…

Belo Sun’s Volta Grande suffers setback

May 31, 2022June 2, 2022 Miners News

Canadian miner Belo Sun Mining has received another setback to its Volta Grande gold project in the Pará state of Brazil: the interim suspension of its construction and environmental licenses. A judge with the Agrarian Court of Altamira has suspended the licenses until a socio-environmental study of the riverside peoples, at a minimum distance of 10 kilometers from the project,…