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Peru losing US$560,000 a day due to mining protests in gold-rich region

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 08, 2012 | 4:34 pm Precious Metals Europe Latin America Gold 

Peru's Madre de Dios gold-rich region is losing US$560,000 a day as a result of informal miners' protests happening in the area since Monday, said the country’s president of the regional chamber of commerce, Roman Meza. According to the state...

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