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Expansion of Gold Mining and Cross-Border Mercury Activity Between Venezuela and Guyana
Latin America

Expansion of Gold Mining and Cross-Border Mercury Activity Between Venezuela and Guyana

Based on the analysis of commercial imagery, ground photography, and open reporting, we assess that gold mining and the associated usage and transportation of mercury have increased in riverine sections of Western Venezuela and Eastern Guyana.