CIUDAD GUAYANA, Venezuela – At least 18 people were killed at an illegal gold mine in southern Venezuela during clashes with security forces looking to take control of the area, an official said ...

After years of violations, company on its way to begin operations in La Plata Canyon After years of running afoul with Colorado regulators, Wildcat Mining Corp.’s permit for a gold and silver mine in ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- The mining accident in Chile that has trapped 33 miners underground has drawn attention to the worldwide problem of wildcat, or illegal, mining, experts say. The ...

Two rescued miners, wearing sunglasses, walk after being rescued from the Cabeza de Negro gold-and-copper mine in Yauca del Rosario, Peru, Wednesday April 11, 2012. Nine miners had been trapped inside ...

Several people were killed in a wildcat gold mine in the Peruvian Andes after heavy rains triggered a landslide, local daily La Republica reported on Thursday. Peru’s civil defense agency, Indeci, ...

ICA, Peru, April 11 - Nine workers trapped inside a wildcat mine in southern Peru were rescued and brought to daylight early on Wednesday after spending almost a week underground. The men had been ...

JOHANNESBURG—The platinum producer Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. said on Monday that workers have gone on a wildcat strike at one of its mines, just as the company begins to recover from a ...

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