Fewer garimpeiros active in Brazil

Two studies by Brazil's national mining department indicate a sharp decline in garimpeiros activity. The U.S. Bureau of Mines reports that the number of garimpeiros in Brazil has fallen to 400,000 from about one million in 1990. The most popular...

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