Mexico's environmental protection agency Profepa has started an investigation after a spill of allegedly contaminated water in Sahuaripa municipality in the northern state of Sonora, which may have polluted groundwater in the area with cyanide.
The authorities are inspecting Minas de Oro Nacional's Mulatos mine, after the company said it had spilled about 8,400 liters of rainwater that had come into contact with leachates in an area of 75m2, Profepa stated in a release
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