Police are trying to mitigate the illegal gold mining in Crucitas de Cutris. The extraction of gold has been constant. From May of this year to date, 424 undocumented people…
Illegal gold miners have taken approximately $1.5 million in gold from the Crucitas mine. The Ministry of Environment and Energy will have official numbers by the beginning of the year.…
Costa Rica News – Costa Rica’s Environment Minister, Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, told local media this week that the environmental damage caused by the more than 4,000 artisanal miners that broke into…
Costa Rica News – Recent reports suggest illegal gold mining and the associated trafficking of mercury are increasing in Costa Rica, providing evidence that organized crime groups in the country…