There are millions of artisanal gold miners around the globe who depend on gold mining as their primary source of income. Many of these people make only a few dollars per day while others have larger mining operations using heavy equipment or suction dredges to recover placer gold from creeks and rivers. There are some […]
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Artisanal and Commercial Gold Mining in Brazil
Like many of the countries in South America, Brazil produces a significant amount of gold throughout the country. Minerals are a major industry in the country, and gold has attracted much interest from commercial mining companies. The earliest interest in this region started back in the 1600s, when Portuguese explorers searched the remote mountains and […]