Argentine Province Suspends Open-Pit Gold Mining Project Following Protests

“There’ll be no further activity ... as long as people oppose” the project in the Andes mountains near the border with Chile, La Rioja Gov. Luis Beder Herrera said in a statement.

Montreal-based Osisko will use 1 million litres of water per day and tons of cyanide to extract gold, silver, copper and other minerals, drying up wells and polluting the environment in the Famatina region, the protesters say.

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