Small-scale gold mining in Peru often operates unlawfully or with little oversight, especially in the Amazon rainforest region. "It is clear that the challeges around determining the legal ...

Following a series of meetings between representatives of Peru’s executive and legislative powers and the small-scale mining sector, the country enacted a law that extends the process of ...

LIMA (Reuters) - Thousands of small-scale miners in Peru blocked roads and camped outside ... blocked the main coastal highway in the southern regions of Ica and Arequipa, leaving hundreds of ...