El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele (left) said his country has a potential $3 trillion in unmined gold reserves, highlighting what he describes as a 'gigantic treasure' that could redefine the ...

In a dramatic shift from its previous environmental stance, El Salvador is reconsidering its landmark 2017 ban on metal mining, with President Nayib Bukele claiming the country is sitting on a ...

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has proclaimed himself in favor of mining gold in the Central America country and called his nation's 7-year-old ban on metals mining "absurd." ...

People take part in a protest before a session of El Salvador's Congress that will debate a bill from President Nayib Bukele that would overturn a 2017 national ban on metals mining in San ...

In November he had insisted that studies of just 4 percent of the national territory showed possible gold deposits worth approximately $132 ... found lingering misgivings over mining in El Salvador.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The Roman Catholic Church called on the president of El Salvador Sunday not to lift the country's ban on gold mining.

On March 29, 2017, El Salvador’s legislature unanimously voted to ban all metallic mining, including for gold, in the Central American country. El Salvador is the first country in the world to ...

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele proclaimed himself in favor of mining gold in the Central America country Wednesday and called his nation's 7-year-old ban on metals mining "absurd," immediately ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has proclaimed himself in favor of mining gold in the Central America country and called his nation’s 7-year-old ban on ...