The current blockade has been in place since November 20 by residents of Chumbivilcas province.

The company plans to sell Carlota mine in the United States and Chilean mine Franke.

Voters will choose between hard-right Jose Antonio Kast and leftist Gabriel Boric.

Rio Tinto's Jadar lithium project is facing opposition in Serbia, as are other miners' projects around the world.

The result was a blow to the four-month old administration of leftist President Pedro Castillo.

The company says the Mercedes acquisition will provide a source of funding for future construction of its Corani silver mine.

Illegal gold mining in the north Amazonian territory of Brazil's indigenous Munduruku people has led to more than half of several hundred people tested showing unsafe mercury levels.

Under a state of emergency, civil liberties are suspended.