Brazil miner sees Indigenous land as ripe for exploration if protections expire

A Brazilian company stands poised to start mining inside an Indigenous territory in the Amazon as soon as October, highlighting the precarious nature of the protections afforded to Indigenous lands under the current administration. Oxycer Mining has filed five applications with the national mining regulator to prospect for gold in the Piripkura Indigenous Territory in … Continue reading Brazil miner sees Indigenous land as ripe for exploration if protections expire