Gold's value surpassed record highs this year, fueling Colombia's illegal mining boom and drawing US markets deeper into a new criminal gold rush.

According to UN Comtrade, Colombia exported roughly $4.1 billion in gold in 2024, with about $1.5 billion of that headed to ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Twenty-three workers were rescued Wednesday after spending 43 hours trapped in a collapsed underground gold mine in northern Colombia. The miners were met with applause as they ...

Illegal mining grew 11% in southern Colombia in 2022. A recent report analyzing alluvial gold mining in Colombia suggests that the role of organized crime groups in this industry is larger than ...

In Colombia’s Buriticá municipality, a gold mine owned by Chinese company Zijin has become a hotspot of environmental damage, criminal activity and conflict. Zijin announced earlier this year that it ...

Exploration work at the project has been mostly suspended since 2017 due to delays in obtaining environmental permits.

ESGold Corp.'s joint venture with Planta Magdalena S.A.S. in Colombia represents the company's strategic planning in the mining-rich country. The sampling program conducted across the Bolívar tailings ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — A collapse at a gold mine in northern Colombia trapped more than 20 miners, and rescuers were working Tuesday to dig them out, government and company officials said. Canada's Aris ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Twenty-three workers were rescued Wednesday after spending 43 hours trapped in a collapsed underground gold mine in northern Colombia. The miners were met with applause as they ...