“We assume that the increase in global
gold price in reaction to the financial crisis has been an underlying
factor [of mining expansion],” Wielaard told mongabay.com. “Some
observers I talked to speculate that an increase of Brazilian
[prospectors] fleeing poverty and strict law enforcement against illegal
mining in other parts of Brazil and Maroons in Suriname and French
Guiana are seizing opportunities to employ them to get the gold out,
coinciding with increased availability of (smuggled) mercury, might be a cause, or an effect.”
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1039517-guiana-shield-threatened-by-gold-mining/
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