Recently, the Wall Street Journal reported that China's Zijin Mining Group has been plagued by crazy illegal mining since it acquired Colombia's largest gold mine for $1 billion four years ago. It is said that a rebel group of about 7,000 people has dug about 50 kilometers of underground mines outside the mine and illegally mined gold 24 hours a day.
To this end, Zijin Mining even engaged in a "trench war" with these illegal miners - the security forces hired by the company were fully armed and set up sandbag walls and other shelters in the mine tunnels; the illegal miners used explosive packs and AK-47 rifles to attack. At present, Zijin Mining has lost two of the three mines in the mine (at least 40 tons of gold deposits), and only the core area is still under control. The amount of gold stolen last year reached 3.2 tons, worth about US$200 million, accounting for 38% of the total output, and many security personnel were killed or injured.
In response, Zijin Mining said that they can mine more than 8 tons of gold every year and can complete the set tasks. However, they have filed a $430 million lawsuit with an international arbitration institution, accusing the Colombian authorities of failing to fulfill their protection duties. However, the Colombian government said that they are unable to control illegal mining, and some officials even hope that Zijin Mining will give up some mining rights in exchange for peace. On the surface, this seems to be a conflict between the Colombian government and Zijin Mining, but it cannot be ruled out that there is interference from the United States, Canada and other countries behind it. Because the main business of the armed organization that illegally mines gold is to traffic cocaine and illegal immigrants to the United States, and the previous owner of this gold mine was a Canadian company. So some people speculate that these illegal mining groups may be supported by the United States. #BabyMarvinf9c7值得拥🈶