For sector analysts, the legislative debate goes beyond the geological discussion. Specialists at Geopolitical Mining describe the situation in Crucitas as a case of “anomic mining,” in which formal regulations remain in force on paper but no longer govern the actual activity on the ground, which is dominated by informal operators who use mercury and cyanide without state control.
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