While the government,  financial press and economic analysts write up Colombia as the ideal place for new mining investment, local orgnizations and communities are stepping u their coordination and efforts to resist the entrance of new large-scale mining companies in Colombia. 

Last friday, on the 4th of march, the public hearing was held in Bucaramanga with regards to Greystar's Angostura goldmining project, planned to start operating in the 'páramo' wetlands called Santurbán, in the department of Santander, Colombia.

A great number of people showed up, some of which seemed to have come by their own means, while others were brought with large buses from the municipalities of Vetas and California, where the mining project is to be implemented.

Four environmental organisations have accused Zijin Mining Group of failing to disclose pollution, and of violence and killings at its Peruvian copper mines, according to a letter sent to the Hong Kong stock exchange yesterday.

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Friday the 25th of february saw protests in several Colombian cities against the 'Angostura' project of Canadian mining junior Greystar Resources, which is planned in the 'páramo Santurbán', wetlands located in the north of the country on the border of Santander and Norte de Santander departments.

The project's use of cyanide to extract gold could affect the fragile wetlands ecosystem and put in danger the drinking-water of 2 million people in the region.

A court judgement showed on Monday that the gold miner will have to pay the money for the key role it played in the leaking of hazardous waste water last year.