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Sipaliwini, Guyane

Merian gold mine area

Gold ground Documented siteRestricted
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Large open pit gold operation opened 2016 in the eastern forest belt

Documented corporate mine in Surinamese records.

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