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  • A bus leaves Sipacapa, San Marcos. The local population here is said to be exposed to high levels of metals in the drinking water and rivers because of the nearby Marlin mine...The Marlin mine has open-pit and underground mining operations for gold. The gold is cyanide-leached. The mine is located in the municipalities of Sipacapa and San Miguel Ixtahuacán, San Marcos, Guatemala. The mine is owned by Montana, a subsidiary of Goldcorp, a Canadian company and is heavily criticised. According to a study by the University of Michigan "the negative impacts of the mine on human health and ecosystem quality in the region have the potential to increase in the coming years and last for decades".
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  • The tailing pond at the Marlin mine, Guatemala. The Marlin mine has open-pit and underground mining operations for gold. The gold is cyanide-leached. The mine is located in the municipalities of Sipacapa and San Miguel Ixtahuacán, San Marcos, Guatemala. The mine is owned by Montana, a subsidiary of Goldcorp, a Canadian company and is heavily criticised. According to a study by the University of Michigan "the negative impacts of the mine on human health and ecosystem quality in the region have the potential to increase in the coming years and last for decades".
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  • The SOTRAMI gold and silver mine is Fairtrade-certified. Part of the mine is closed because of an unresolved claim on their concession. While demonstrations continue, part of the mine is producing gold and silver as normal.
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  • The SOTRAMI gold and silver mine is Fairtrade-certified. Part of the mine is closed because of an unresolved claim on their concession. While demonstrations continue, part of the mine is producing gold and silver as normal.
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  • Excavating machinery in the main pit at the Marlin gold mine, Sipacapa and San Miguel Ixtahuacán, San Marcos, Guatemala. The gold is cyanide-leached. The mine is owned by Montana, a subsidiary of Canadian company, Goldcorp.
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  • Excavating machinery in the main pit at the Marlin gold mine, Sipacapa and San Miguel Ixtahuacán, San Marcos, Guatemala. The gold is cyanide-leached. The mine is owned by Montana, a subsidiary of Canadian company, Goldcorp.
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  • A miner at the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Ayacucho, Peru. The image is a scan from a tintype, made using the wetplate collodion process from 1851, and using silver mined at the SOTRAMI mine.
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  • A miner at the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Ayacucho, Peru. The image is a scan from a tintype, made using the wetplate collodion process from 1851, and using silver mined at the SOTRAMI mine.
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  • A miner at the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Ayacucho, Peru. The image is a scan from a tintype, made using the wetplate collodion process from 1851, and using silver mined at the SOTRAMI mine.
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  • Juan Poma, miner and driller. Image taken at the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Ayacucho, Peru. The image is a scan from a tintype, made using the wetplate collodion process from 1851, and using silver mined at the SOTRAMI mine.
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  • A miner at the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Ayacucho, Peru. The image is a scan from a tintype, made using the wetplate collodion process from 1851, and using silver mined at the SOTRAMI mine.
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  • A miner at the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Ayacucho, Peru. The image is a scan from a tintype, made using the wetplate collodion process from 1851, and using silver mined at the SOTRAMI mine.
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  • Young people sit at a market stall in Sipacapa. The population of Sipacapa is worried about the effects of the MArlin mine on their health. There are many reported cases of skin problems linked to the high metal content of water sources around the mine.
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  • Excavating machinery in the main pit at the Marlin gold mine, Sipacapa and San Miguel Ixtahuacán, San Marcos, Guatemala. The gold is cyanide-leached. The mine is owned by Montana, a subsidiary of Canadian company, Goldcorp.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Marlin_mine_gold_20...jpg
  • A miner at the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Ayacucho, Peru. The image is a scan from a tintype, made using the wetplate collodion process from 1851, and using silver mined at the SOTRAMI mine.
    Peru_hawkey_SOTRAMI_mine_20140600_02...jpg
  • A miner at the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Ayacucho, Peru. The image is a scan from a tintype, made using the wetplate collodion process from 1851, and using silver mined at the SOTRAMI mine.
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  • A cook at the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Ayacucho, Peru. The image is a scan from a tintype, made using the wetplate collodion process from 1851, and using silver mined at the SOTRAMI mine.
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  • Excavating machinery in the main pit at the Marlin gold mine, Sipacapa and San Miguel Ixtahuacán, San Marcos, Guatemala. The gold is cyanide-leached. The mine is owned by Montana, a subsidiary of Canadian company, Goldcorp.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Marlin_mine_gold_20...jpg
  • Excavating machinery in the main pit at the Marlin gold mine, Sipacapa and San Miguel Ixtahuacán, San Marcos, Guatemala. The gold is cyanide-leached. The mine is owned by Montana, a subsidiary of Canadian company, Goldcorp.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Marlin_mine_gold_20...jpg
  • Teofila, mine worker from Puno. Tintype portraits from the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Peru. These are scans of collodion wetplate photographs.
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  • Underground at the SOTRAMI mine in Ayacucho, a miner checks marks on the mine wall.
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  • Lead miners drill into rock underground at the SOTRAMI mine in Ayacucho.
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  • A lead miner drills into rock underground at the SOTRAMI mine in Ayacucho.
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  • A young girl stands in the Cuiko river near the Marlin mine in Guatemala.
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  • A young girl jumps between rocks in the Cuiko river near the Marlin mine in Guatemala.
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  • Ing. Camilo Campos. Tintype portraits from the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Peru. These are scans of collodion wetplate photographs.
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  • Tito Torres Uscamayta, miner. Tintype portraits from the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Peru. These are scans of collodion wetplate photographs.
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  • Miners sort sacks of mineral into a cart underground at the SOTRAMI mine in Ayacucho.
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  • Underground at the SOTRAMI mine in Ayacucho, miners work on a timber structure to make a walkway safe.
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  • Alberto Escobedo Lozano. Tintype portraits from the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Peru. These are scans of collodion wetplate photographs.
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  • Edson Lima Chipa. Tintype portraits from the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Peru. These are scans of collodion wetplate photographs.
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  • Policeman with his pistol. Several policemen arrived at the hut I was staying in one night, and asked for their portraits to be taken. Part of a set of tintype portraits from the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Peru. These are scans of collodion wetplate images.
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  • Tintype portraits from the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Peru. These are scans of collodion wetplate photographs.
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  • A miner leave a tunnel to the outside at SOTRAMI mine in Ayacucho
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  • Nicolás Janampa Huacho, 62, miner. Tintype portraits from the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Peru. These are scans of collodion wetplate photographs.
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  • Tintype portraits from the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Peru. These are scans of collodion wetplate photographs.
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  • in the mine lab, tests with silver nitrate to check gold purity
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  • A miner stands underground in a gold mine in La Libertad, Chontales, Nicaragua. The temperature undergound is high, and the air is often poor quality.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Oceana Gold mining operations in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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  • Carmen Ananayo, Vice-President of DESAMA, Didipio Earth Savers Multiple Purpose Association with Ramon.
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  • Carmen Ananayo, Vice-President of DESAMA, Didipio Earth Savers Multiple Purpose Association.
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  • An iron ore processing plant being built next to the Guapinol river, Colon, Honduras.
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  • A tube of plastic explosives, C4, is inserted into a hole in a rock face underground. The two-foot long fuse used here is lit with a flame, and the miner must leave the mine quickly, being manually hoisted to the surface by his co-workers. In artisanal gold mining in La Libertad, Chontales, Nicaragua, miners extract ore from open cast and underground mines, and crush and mill the ore to extract the gold with mercury.
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  • A miner walks through a narrow opening into a tunnel underground in a gold mine. The temperature undergound is often high, and the air is often poor. In artisanal gold mining in La Libertad, Chontales, Nicaragua, miners extract ore from open cast and underground mines, and crush and mill the ore to extract the gold with mercury.
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  • A miner is winched by hand down a narrow mine shaft. The winch has no brake or stop bolt and the miner has no helmet. In artisanal gold mining in La Libertad, Chontales, Nicaragua, miners extract ore from open cast and underground mines, and crush and mill the ore to extract the gold with mercury.
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  • The view descending a narrow mine shaft. In artisanal gold mining in La Libertad, Chontales, Nicaragua, miners extract ore from open cast and underground mines, and crush and mill the ore to extract the gold with mercury.
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  • A miner has washed away stone sediment to leave behind this mercury-gold amalgam known as "asoga". The miner manually squeezes out liquid mercury to leave the harder part of the amalgam, loaded with gold particles, this is burned to remove the mercury as a vapor and leave just the gold. In artisanal gold mining in La Libertad, Chontales, Nicaragua, miners extract ore from open cast and underground mines, and crush and mill the ore to extract the gold with mercury.
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  • A miner checks the flow of waste from an "arrastra" type mill. Crushed rock is washed away and some gold particles are trapped on a metal sheet covered in a mercury solution. In artisanal gold mining in La Libertad, Chontales, Nicaragua, miners extract ore from open cast and underground mines, and crush and mill the ore to extract the gold with mercury.
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  • Men dig sand by hand on the Carepa River, Urabá. Horse-drawn carts and lorries are loaded with river sand and sold for local building work. These small artisanal operations are incomparable to the industrial removal of sand up-river where 200 lorry-loads are removed daily to be used on large infrastructure projects like highways. The large-scale mining of sand changes the speed and course of the river, creating environmental problems and danger for people who live near the river as it changes course. Near Carepa city, the river has changed course by 100m in recent years, taking houses with it. Currently it is just a few metres from housing and moving closer daily.
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  • In artisanal gold mining in La Libertad, Chontales, Nicaragua, miners extract ore from open cast and underground mines, and crush and mill the ore to extract the gold with mercury.
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  • Here a small lump of gold, product of small-scale mining with mercury is held in a miner's hand. In artisanal gold mining in La Libertad, Chontales, Nicaragua, miners extract ore from open cast and underground mines, and crush and mill the ore to extract the gold with mercury.
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  • Burning a lump of mercury-gold amalgam known as "asoga" to remove the mercury as a vapor and leave just the gold. In artisanal gold mining in La Libertad, Chontales, Nicaragua, miners extract ore from open cast and underground mines, and crush and mill the ore to extract the gold with mercury.
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  • A miner has washed away stone sediment to leave behind this mercury-gold amalgam known as "asoga". The miner manually squeezes out liquid mercury to leave the harder part of the amalgam, loaded with gold particles. In artisanal gold mining in La Libertad, Chontales, Nicaragua, miners extract ore from open cast and underground mines, and crush and mill the ore to extract the gold with mercury.
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  • A miner does a traditional test in a "cacho", a cow horn, to check for gold particles in gold ore. In artisanal gold mining in La Libertad, Chontales, Nicaragua, miners extract ore from open cast and underground mines, and crush and mill the ore to extract the gold with mercury.
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  • Runoff from an "arrastra" type mill. Crushed rock is washed away and some gold particles are trapped on a metal sheet covered in a mercury solution. In artisanal gold mining in La Libertad, Chontales, Nicaragua, miners extract ore from open cast and underground mines, and crush and mill the ore to extract the gold with mercury.
    nicaragua_hawkey_20111209_5341.jpg
  • A miner holds a bowl with mercury near an "arrastra" type gold mill. Mercury is used to trap gold particles in artisanal mining. In artisanal gold mining in La Libertad, Chontales, Nicaragua, miners extract ore from open cast and underground mines, and crush and mill the ore to extract the gold with mercury.
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  • A young gold miner underground holds a pickaxe at the entrance to a tunnel. In artisanal gold mining in La Libertad, Chontales, Nicaragua, miners extract ore from open cast and underground mines, and crush and mill the ore to extract the gold with mercury.
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  • Mercury is used to trap gold particles in artisanal mining. In artisanal gold mining in La Libertad, Chontales, Nicaragua, miners extract ore from open cast and underground mines, and crush and mill the ore to extract the gold with mercury.
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  • A woman breaks gold ore or "broza" with a hammer in a "trapiche" style mill, also known as "molino chileno". In artisanal gold mining in La Libertad, Chontales, Nicaragua, miners extract ore from open cast and underground mines, and crush and mill the ore to extract the gold with mercury.
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  • A "trapiche" style mill, also known as "molino chileno". In artisanal gold mining in La Libertad, Chontales, Nicaragua, miners extract ore from open cast and underground mines, and crush and mill the ore to extract the gold with mercury.
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  • Jesus Defender of Water<br />
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Jesús Salazar, Suyapa, Pespire<br />
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"I am the coordinator of COCOPDDHHEP. It’s our orgnisation for the defence of human rights and our shared resources, the water and woods here. We began organising to defend ourselves four years ago.<br />
<br />
We need to defend the water. It’s scarce here in the south, and it’s our life. We depend on it to live.<br />
<br />
In 2003 we began to hear these promises, that the road was going to be improved and the church would be built, if we let the mining company in. The municipal authorities, our representatives in the National Congress, they all supported it. They promoted it. But, that’s not development for us. That’s the sale of our territory to transnational companies. It’s against our will and against our interests. They can always find an ally in the communities - people who will help them. They give them some money and brainwash them, but these people bring long-term difficulties for our communities, which will affect our children and grandchildren. It will poison them and rob them of water. We need to be very clear about this - they are bringing death.<br />
<br />
They came here with an environmental licence, which they got fraudulently, with the support of members of Congress and the mayor. But because we were already organised, there was a defence. We have 19 groups organised in the villages around here, and we have lawyers. We won’t let them in. They’ve tried. There have been confrontations and injuries. Twice those rats have come here with their machines. They even came at Christmas because they thought it’d be easier.<br />
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They came one evening when we were planting corn. There weren’t many men here. Everyone was in the fields planting. Women with babies stood in front of the excavators to stop them coming in. Then, with mobile phones, we mobilised more than 300 people to come quickly with machetes and sticks, and we stood in front of the machines and we all raised our machetes in the air. The men they sent were
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