Iquira miners celebrated producing gold for the Nobel Peace Prize

In the municipality of Íquira to the village of Buenos Aires, rural area of ​​this municipality. It is made known the mines of these mountains of western Huila, where a gold of such quality is produced, which was used for the preparation of the Nobel Peace Prize medal.

At the top of the mountain, approximately 2000 meters high, there are nine sites in which exploit the precious metal that so proud today has us Huilenses and Colombians.

Miners from Iquira and other regions of Colombia belonging to the Cooperativa Multiactiva Agro-Minera work in the mines of these mines, one of the mining formalization programs being carried out in the country to improve productive practices in technical, environmental, legal terms , Business and mining security.

Since 2014, when they received Fairmined certification with the support of the Alliance for Responsible Mining and IDB-MIF, the cooperative has exported its gold to international markets and receives, in addition to the price, around $ 4,000 per kilo of gold in Fairmined prize.

 

Twenty-four-carat quality gold, Fairmined certified for small-scale mining, which meets the requirements of The Norwegian Mint, which has been responsible for producing the award since 1901, is processed on four floors under strict parameters Safety and environmental aspects.

The 32 members and 71 employees of the mine, belonging to the Multiactiva Agro-mining Cooperative of Íquira, today there are 48 million Colombians who are proud of us that the gold with which the medals were made Which will be presented on 10 December in Oslo, Norway, to the Nobel Peace Prize.

"It is a source of pride to know that the Nobel Peace Prize medal is made with our gold. We are demonstrating that a history of a small mining town has been able to transform its environment, meet international expectations, associate with the community and shine in abroad".

By: Laura Mercedes Rivas Carvajal.     10-02