El Dorado gold mine
Cabañas Department, El Salvador
El Dorado is a former gold mine, located San Isidro, Cabañas, El Salvador. The mine operated from 1948 to 1953. In 2002, the location came to the attention of Dayton Mining Corporation, who then merged with Canadian company Pacific Rim Mining Corporation. Pacific Rim was initially granted a license to explore, but after local community opposition was refused a mining license in 2008. Four anti-mining activists were murdered, including Dora Alicia Recinos Sorto in 2009.
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