funny, Barbara Rodriguez, manager of communication BCV refer to these miners as "informal miners" for Joseph Khan its "illegal miners" seem to me that the BCV are unhappy they can't acquired ALL this illegal obtained gold not to mention the environmental devastation caused by these miners, can you say banana republic...
""Over 60% of informal production (gold) (...) this untaxed informal production and obviously this becomes a distorting element," said Barbara Rodriguez, manager of communication BCV at a seminar devoted to the matter reviewed by AFP"
"Joseph Khan, director of the BCV, said the government plans to offer incentives to illegal miners and improve working conditions to correct this situation."