UK company mining gold in Amazon on disputed land

London-listed Serabi Gold extracting gold without approval of Brazilian land registry and Indigenous communities

A London-listed company has been mining gold in the Amazon rainforest without approval from the Brazilian land agency or the consent of nearby Indigenous communities, according to an investigation by the Guardian and partners.

Serabi Gold has been blasting 4.5 metre-wide tunnels and trucking ore from the Coringa project site in Para state. But interviews with land agency officials and documents seen by the Guardian, Unearthed and Sumauma indicate that ownership of the area is disputed and the land was allegedly occupied by illegal land-grabbers.