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Mining Triangle in the RAAN

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  • Panoramic view of the former Rosario Mining Company mine in Rosita, RAAN (North Atlantic Autonomous Region), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_01.jpg
  • View over the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_02.jpg
  • View of a river over the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
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  • The mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_04.jpg
  • A girl collects water in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_05.jpg
  • Artisanal miners use mercury to collect gold dust in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_06.jpg
  • Artisanal miners use mercury to collect gold dust in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_07.jpg
  • Artisanal miners use mercury to collect gold dust in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_08.jpg
  • Artisanal miners use mercury to collect gold dust in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_09.jpg
  • Artisanal miners use mercury to collect gold dust in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_10.jpg
  • Artisanal miners use mercury to collect gold dust in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_11.jpg
  • Artisanal miners use mercury to collect gold dust in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_12.jpg
  • Güireseros, or artisanal miners, grind rock before it is sifted in search of gold dust in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_13.jpg
  • Güireseros, or artisanal miners, grind rock before it is sifted in search of gold dust in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_14.jpg
  • Artisanal miners evaporate mercury used to collect gold dust in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua. As the mercury evaporates, it attaches to the leaves, allowing the miners to reuse it again.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_15.jpg
  • Artisanal miners evaporate mercury used to collect gold dust in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua. As the mercury evaporates, it attaches to the leaves, allowing the miners to reuse it again.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_16.jpg
  • Artisanal miners evaporate mercury used to collect gold dust in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua. As the mercury evaporates, it attaches to the leaves, allowing the miners to reuse it again.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_17.jpg
  • Güireseros, or artisanal miners, grind rock before it is sifted in search of gold dust in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_18.jpg
  • Artisanal miners evaporate mercury used to collect gold dust in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_19.jpg
  • Güireseros, or artisanal miners, hold a gold pebble made from gold dust after the mercury has been burned off in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_20.jpg
  • Güireseros, or artisanal miners, sell compressed gold pebbles made from gold dust in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_21.jpg
  • Güireseros, or artisanal miners, sell compressed gold pebbles made from gold dust in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_22.jpg
  • Güireseros, or artisanal miners, hold a gold pebble made from gold dust after the mercury has been burned off in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_23.jpg
  • Despite a long history of mining in the region, residents of the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua, remain in dire poverty.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_24.jpg
  • Güireseros, or artisanal miners, grind rock before it is sifted in search of gold dust in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_25.jpg
  • Güireseros, or artisanal miners, grind rock before it is sifted in search of gold dust in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_26.jpg
  • Güireseros, or artisanal miners, grind rock before it is sifted in search of gold dust in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_27.jpg
  • Güireseros, or artisanal miners, grind rock before it is sifted in search of gold dust in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_28.jpg
  • The mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_29.jpg
  • A home in the mining town of Bonanza uses flattened cyanide barrels to build a fence. Bonanza is one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_30.jpg
  • On January 30th, 2010, an earthquake measuring 4.3 in the Richter scale cracked part of the containment wall that is supposed to keep the toxic waste product in the tailings pond (left) from flooding the town (right) and contaminating a local river. Seventy-four people from thirteen families who reside on the edge of the tailings pond in Bonanza had to be urgently resettled as their homes were flooded with toxic waste.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_31.jpg
  • Tailings pond in Bonanza where the waste product from the open-pit Hemconic mine has accumulated over decades. Besides cyanide and heavy metals that accrue in this artificial waste pond, this particular one also contains dozens of barrels used to transport the cyanide needed to separate gold from the rock. On January 30th, 2010, an earthquake measuring 4.3 in the Richter scale cracked part of the containment wall that is supposed to keep the toxic waste product in the tailings pond from flooding the town. Seventy-four people from thirteen families who reside on the edge of the tailings pond in Bonanza had to be urgently resettled as their homes were flooded with toxic waste.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_32.jpg
  • Tailings pond in Bonanza where the waste product from the open-pit Hemconic mine has accumulated over decades. Besides cyanide and heavy metals that accrue in this artificial waste pond, this particular one also contains dozens of barrels used to transport the cyanide needed to separate gold from the rock. On January 30th, 2010, an earthquake measuring 4.3 in the Richter scale cracked part of the containment wall that is supposed to keep the toxic waste product in the tailings pond from flooding the town. Seventy-four people from thirteen families who reside on the edge of the tailings pond in Bonanza had to be urgently resettled as their homes were flooded with toxic waste.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_33.jpg
  • Tailings pond in Bonanza where the waste product from the open-pit Hemconic mine has accumulated over decades. Besides cyanide and heavy metals that accrue in this artificial waste pond, this particular one also contains dozens of barrels used to transport the cyanide needed to separate gold from the rock. On January 30th, 2010, an earthquake measuring 4.3 in the Richter scale cracked part of the containment wall that is supposed to keep the toxic waste product in the tailings pond from flooding the town. Seventy-four people from thirteen families who reside on the edge of the tailings pond in Bonanza had to be urgently resettled as their homes were flooded with toxic waste.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_34.jpg
  • Two girls stand along the containment wall of the tailings pond in Bonanza where the waste product from the open-pit Hemconic mine has accumulated over decades. On January 30th, 2010, an earthquake measuring 4.3 in the Richter scale cracked part of the containment wall that is supposed to keep the toxic waste product in the tailings pond from flooding the town. Seventy-four people from thirteen families who reside on the edge of the tailings pond in Bonanza had to be urgently resettled as their homes were flooded with toxic waste.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_35.jpg
  • The municipality from the mining town of Bonanza uses empty cyanide barrels as public trash cans. Bonanza is one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_36.jpg
  • A local woman poses in her kitchen in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_37.jpg
  • A pet parrot peeks out of a window in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_38.jpg
  • View from the open-pit Hemconic gold mine in Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_39.jpg
  • Boys collect firewood along the airfield in the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
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  • Young girl from the mining town of Bonanza, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_41.jpg
  • Güireseros, or artisanal miners, grind rock before it is sifted in search of gold dust in the mining town of Siuna, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_42.jpg
  • Güireseros, or artisanal miners, grind rock before it is sifted in search of gold dust in the mining town of Siuna, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_43.jpg
  • Güireseros, or artisanal miners, grind rock before it is sifted in search of gold dust in the mining town of Siuna, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_44.jpg
  • Güireseros, or artisanal miners, use mercury to collect gold dust in the mining town of Siuna, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_45.jpg
  • Güireseros, or artisanal miners, use mercury to collect gold dust in the mining town of Siuna, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_46.jpg
  • Güireseros, or artisanal miners, use a car engine to mix water into crushed rock while searching for gold dust in the mining town of Siuna, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_47.jpg
  • Güireseros, or artisanal miners, use a car engine to mix water into crushed rock while searching for gold dust in the mining town of Siuna, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_48.jpg
  • Güireseros, or artisanal miners, use a car engine to mix water into crushed rock while searching for gold dust in the mining town of Siuna, one of three boom towns in the so-called Mining Triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), Nicaragua.
    NIC_RAAN_MINING_49.jpg
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