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Brazilian government authorizes 7 gold exploration projects in protected Amazon areas

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - General Augusto Heleno, Minister of the Office of Institutional Security (GSI) of the Presidency and Executive Secretary of Brazil's National Defense Council authorized on Monday (6) seven gold exploration projects in the municipality of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, located in the northwest of the state of Amazonas on the border with Colombia and Venezuela.

The area, considered one of the most preserved in the Amazon, is home to some 23 . . .

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