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Colombia to penalize illegal gold mining with up to 12 years in prison

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 22, 2016 | 3:15 am Precious Metals Europe Latin America Gold Silver 

The Colombian Congress is discussing a bill that introduces the term “ecocide” to classify the effects of illegal mining and which would penalize such crimes with up to 12 years in prison or fines of up to 50,000 times the country’s...

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