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2. Gold mining in Brazil - Wikipedia

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   Gold mining in Brazil has taken place continually in the Amazon since the 1690s, and has been important to the economies of Brazil and surrounding countries. In the late 17th century, amid the search for indigenous people to use in the slave trade , Portuguese colonists began to recognize the abundance of gold in the Amazon, triggering what ...

3. New technology aids Brazil's crackdown on illicit Amazon gold ...

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   That triggered a new gold rush in Brazil, spurred by record world gold prices that were driven up by geopolitical tensions and central bank purchases, led by China. ... Satellite images show there ...

4. Brazilian Gold Rush - Wikipedia

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   The Brazilian Gold Rush was a gold rush that started in the 1690s, in the then Portuguese colony of Brazil in the Portuguese Empire. The gold rush opened up the major gold-producing area of Ouro Preto ( Portuguese for black gold ), then known as Vila Rica. [ 1 ]

5. Serra Pelada - Wikipedia

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   Serra Pelada was a large gold mine in Brazil, 430 kilometres (270 mi) south of the mouth of the Amazon River. The mine was made infamous by the still images taken by Alfredo Jaar and later by Sebastião Salgado and the first section of Godfrey Reggio 's 1988 documentary Powaqqatsi , showing an anthill of workers moving vast amounts of ore by hand.

6. Gold just saw its biggest yearly gain since 2010 — here's why ...

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   Wall Street analysts expect gold's rally to keep going in 2025 after the precious metal saw its biggest annual jump in 14 years. On Thursday, gold futures jumped more than 1% to hover above $2,670 ...

7. The price of gold is at a record high. Here's why

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   The spot price of gold closed Tuesday at just over $2,514 per Troy ounce — the standard for measuring precious metals, which is equivalent to 31 grams. That would make a gold bar or brick ...