Yanacocha
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Yanacocha is a gold mine in the Cajamarca region of the Northern Highlands of Peru. Considered to be the fourth largest gold mine in the world, it produced 0.97 million ounces of gold in 2014. The 251
Yanacocha gold mine near Cajamarca, Peru
Collecting water containing the extracted gold
Renaturalized area (Aug. 2005)
Máxima Acuña
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Máxima Acuña is a Peruvian subsistence farmer and environmentalist, who is known for her fight to remain on land wanted for a new mine, the Conga Mine, enduring years of violent intimidation by Newmon
Yanacocha
…systems from the International Organization for Standardization in 2008. One of the largest controversies Newmont has had was the harassment of farmer Máxima Acuña for her land. From 2011 to 2017 the company used threats over phone call, destruction of property, home invasions, utilization of state police, and…
Máxima Acuña, 2016