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6 Oct 2014

Author:
Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.com

Colombia: Legal tribunal orders eleven gold mining companies to cease operations and return land to displaced indigenous tribe

"Miners ordered to hand back land to natives in Colombia", 26 September 2014 

A Colombian legal tribunal ordered 11 gold mining companies this week to stop operations in the northwest of the country and return the land to Embera Katio tribe, which used to live in the area.The ruling… is the first of its kind in the South American nation. It restores a 50,000-hectare in the West coast Choco department to the about 7,300 Embera people, which were forced out over the past five years by illegal and violent armed groups…The ruling rescinds any titles and concessions to the area held by companies, including South Africa's AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU), (JSE:ANG) and local firms Exploraciones Choco Colombia, Gongora and El Molino. According to the United Nations, the coal and gold-rich country has 87 native tribes, with a bit over 1.3 million members. They are said to be at risk of disappearing because of Colombia’s half-century armed conflict between the government and the FARC…