Illegal Gold Mining Surges on Brazil Indigenous Lands
G Mining Ventures reports a new near-surface gold discovery at Gurupi in Brazil, along with strong drill results at Tocantinzinho, signaling potential for a broader, multi-asset growth pipeline. Separately, IPAM’s analysis shows illegal gold mining on Brazil’s Indigenous lands in the Amazon expanded dramatically, with 2024 areas far larger than 1985 and ongoing mercury contamination and climate-related harms, prompting calls for stronger enforcement, traceability, and Indigenous-led adaptation.
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About Kayapo people
The Kayapo people are an Indigenous people in Brazil, living over a vast area across the states of Pará and Mato Grosso, south of the Amazon River and along the Xingu River and its tributaries. This location has given rise to the tribe's nickname of "the Xingu". They are one of the various subgroups of the great Mebêngôkre nation. The name Kayapo is used by neighboring groups rather than referring by the Kayapo to themselves; they refer to outsiders as Poanjos.
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