“Panamanian activists oppose EIA approval to Orla Mining’s gold project” 5 June 2023.

Activist groups in Panama are protesting against the recent environmental impact assessment (EIA) approval granted by the Panamanian Ministry of Environment for Orla Mining’s Cerro Quema project, reported Mining.com…The region is already facing deforestation, drought, mangrove destruction and the pollution of freshwater sources…“For eight years, different environment ministers had avoided approving the project, which involves the use of cyanide and other chemicals, thus endangering water sources in the districts of Tonosí and Macaracas, Los Santos province, an area already subjected to water-related problems.”CIAM also said that the environmental impact assessment for the project could be outdated as it was initially submitted in 2015.…