Choropampa District is one of nineteen

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of the

Chota Province Chota Province is a province of the Cajamarca Region in Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type ...

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. It is located in the Northern Peruvian highlands and renowned for its gold reserves, with South Americas largest goldmine operations. An elemental mercury spill occurred in June 2000 along a road that passed through the three villages Choropampa,The village still suffering from Peru mercury spill fallout – after 20 years
The Guardian, 2020 Magdalena and San Juan from a truck contracted by

Yanacocha Yanacocha ( Cajamarca Quechua: ''yana'' = "black, dark", ''qucha'' = "lake, puddle, pond, lagoon") is a gold mine in the Cajamarca region of the Northern Highlands of Peru. Considered to be the fourth largest gold mine in the world, it produced ...

mining; the Compliance/Advisor Ombudsman of the

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/Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency investigated, as described in the 2006 exit report.

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External links

"Peasants in Peru near showdown on mercury spill"
''Miami Herald'', 5 March 2005.
"The Curse of Inca Gold"
''Frontline/World'', 30 min video and text, October 2005
'The Curse of Inca Gold': Mining Peru's Wealth
''NPR's Day to Day'', October 25, 2005 {{coord, 7.2871, S, 78.5743, W, source:wikidata, display=title