Operation against illegal mining snares 94 foreigners – many of them Brazilians

River bank mining in Puruni (GINA photo)

Ninety-four foreign miners – many of them Brazilians – were snared in a recent crackdown by the government against illegal mining which apparently led to a high-level delegation from Brazil’s state of Roraima seeking clarifications from Georgetown.

For years illegal Brazilian miners – garimpeiros – have been a problem in the mining hinterland and the situation has been