Communities turn on anti-Cobre Panama NGO – TRUE North Mining Ventures

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Communities suspect that CIAM used the Cobre Panama protest to raise its profile

First Quantum Minerals’ Cobre Panama operation has been closed down by the government. Credit: First Quantum Minerals | Credits: FQM

Rural community groups in Panama are questioning the motives and financing of anti-mining NGO CIAM (Centro de Incidencia Ambiental), one of the main voices in the 2023 protests seeking the closure of First…

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