BogotáAlluvial gold mining grew 4.5% to 118,410 hectares.

In Colombia, 61% of the growth fell on Afro-Colombian communities’ land, a UN report found.

The report puts 75% of output as illegal, and Mines Minister Maria Nohemi Arboleda says nearly half the area also has coca.

Arboleda wants gold-buying countries to require traceability systems proving the metal is legally sourced.

How each outlet framed it
Reuters leans critical
foregrounds that 61% of alluvial mining expansion occurs on Afro-Colombian lands with 75% of total production illegal

Sources: Reuters