Peru Targets Record $110 Billion in Exports, Driven by Copper and Gold

Pieces of gold are seen at a mining camp that uses a special system to collect gold without the need to use mercury in the extraction process in the Madre de Dios department, in Peru's southeastern Amazon region, on June 6, 2024. Illegal exploitation is ruthless, despite law enforcement prosecution in Madre de Dios, in southeastern Peru. Since 2017, this megadiverse department of 180,000 inhabitants has lost, on average, some 21,000 hectares of rainforest per year. (Credit: Photo by Ernesto BENAVIDES / AFP) (Photo by ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP via Getty Images)

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