At 10 years old, Martin cannot read, but he is an old hand at detecting traces of the gold he and his young cousins dig for at an open-pit mine in southeastern Venezuela.Despite what Trapani describes as "the worst conditions," Martin says he "would rather get gold than go to school."
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EL CALLAO, VENEZUELA (AP) – Venezuela is known to have the world’s largest oil reserves, but its soil holds another valuable resource: gold. The government in 2016 established a huge mining development zone stretching across the middle of Venezuela to diversify its revenue. Seven years later, there is a proliferation of mines burrowing for gold, […]
The Talavera mine in Venezuela’s Bolivar state flooded on Wednesday after heavy rains but rescuers could not continue recovery efforts before Saturday. Authorities will return to the site on Sunday to check for further survivors.