Buying Gold In Brazil

Buying Gold In Brazil

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Almost 30% of the gold produced in Brazil from 2019-20 was likely to have been illegally mined, coming overwhelmingly from the Amazon region, the joint study by public prosecutors and the Federal University of Minas Gerais said.

A lawsuit based on the research, filed on Monday, called for three major gold companies to pay hefty fines and have their activities suspended. They are alleged to have traded in a combined 4.3 tonnes of illegal gold over 2019-20 from lawless southwest Pará state, an area that has seen a surge in illegal mining linked to deforestation, mercury poisoning and violent conflicts with Indigenous people.

Of the 174 tonnes of gold traded in Brazil from 2019-2020, at least 49 tonnes were illegal, of which 90 percent came from the Amazon, the study said, causing an estimated R$31.4 billion (4.43 billion) in socio-environmental damage.

Gildázio, a mining consultant who asked to only be identified by his first name because of the sensitivity of the subject, told Unearthed he found the figures unsurprising. He described a street lined with small gold buyers and jewellery shops called Rua do Ouro (Gold Street) in Boa Vista, Roraima state.

Raoni Rajão, who led the study, said that the figures were conservative, as the researchers only included gold that had entered the legal taxation system. Tonnes more almost certainly leave the country without trace, he said. Gildázio confirmed that he had witnessed a flow of gold across the borders of Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and other neighbouring countries.

Luís Camões Boaventura, a public prosecutor who led a large-scale investigation into illegal gold from 2016-2019, attributed the ease of gold laundering in the Amazon to a flawed and outdated system.

Munduruku Indigenous Land overlaps with Jacareacanga municipality, and has seen significant incursions by gold miners. ISA, an environmental and social organisation representing Munduruku Indigenous Land, calculated that the area degraded by illegal gold mining almost quintupled from January 2019 to May 2021, destroying an additional 2,265 ha. In May, during a Federal Police operation to remove illegal gold miners from Munduruku land, armed invaders attacked a Munduruku village, firing shots and setting buildings on fire. In June, illegal miners attacked a bus carrying Indigenous leaders.

Natural resources such as gold and copper are fundamental in the manufacturing process of electronic products. And since these resources are so valuable, there are many illegal mining companies around the world. Unfortunately, it seems that Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon have been buying gold illegally mined in Brazil for their products.

The local Brazilian newspaper Repórter Brasil revealed on Monday that these four major tech companies used illegal gold from Brazilian indigenous lands located in the Amazon rainforest. This gold was primarily destined for smartphones and computers from Apple and Microsoft, as well as servers from Google and Amazon.

Documents seen by the authors of the report confirm that the companies bought gold from the Chimet and Marsam refineries between 2020 and 2021. Both refineries have been under investigation by the Brazilian Federal Police for illegal extraction of natural resources, in addition to several charges related to environmental damage.

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A simple internet search quickly shows the biggest exporters of soy, coffee, cattle or iron ore in Brazil. But there is a strange silence when it comes to gold: heads of institutions in the sector say they do not know the exporters; the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service and the Central Bank claim tax confidentiality.

These two DTVMs, together with Ourominas, are the main buyers of illegal gold, accounting for more than 70% of all illegal or potentially illegal product, according to a recent study by the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in collaboration with federal prosecutors. Of all the metal bought by these companies in 2019 and 2020 in Pará, at least 60% have an origin that cannot be proven, the study says.

This supply chain of gold from wildcat mining poses a conundrum for the National Gold Association (Anoro), since the three DTVMs and BP Trading sit on its board and are active participants in its assemblies, according to new documents obtained by Repórter Brasil.

Under the freedom of information act, Repórter Brasil sought to obtain a complete list of the largest gold exporters in Brazil as well as the main foreign buyers. However, the information was not forthcoming, with both the Federal Revenue Service and the Central Bank citing confidentiality. Organizations in the sector said they did not know, would not speak, or would not reveal names. Anoro did not respond to several attempts at contact.

For example, where are these gold reserves held and stored, and in what form More importantly, where did the Banco Central do Brasil buy the gold that it claims to have bought so recently during May and June, and who was the seller

The BCB therefore refused to answer where it purchased the 53.5 tonnes of gold bought during May and June, in which form this gold was purchased, and where this newly purchased gold is now stored. And this is supposedly the 3rd largest sovereign gold purchase of 2021.

The Brazilian central bank even refused to answer whether the BCB buys domestically produced gold that is mined in Brazil (which is a totally logical question given that Brazil is in the top 15 gold producing countries in the world).

For if a 53.5 tonnes gold purchase has claimed to have taken place but no one can confirm anything about it, did it actually happen Organisations like the IMF and the cheerleading World Gold Council will say yes it did happen, but neither outfit provides any proof.

This implies that domestically held Brazilian gold was probably shipped to Swiss refineries for melting / smelting, in the same manner that the Deutsche Bundesbank upgraded the low purity gold that it managed to extract out of the New York Fed (US Assay Office gold bars and coin bars) back in 2013 and 2014.

This gold bar upgrading via location and quality swaps involving the BIS and the subsequent shipment of thee BCB gold to the Bank of England is mentioned in the BCB Financial Statements for 2018 but not similar reports for 2017 or 2019, suggesting that all the gold bar upgrading took place only in 2018.

The Brazilian central bank itself is totally unhelpful in providing any information on its claimed purchase of 51.5 tonnes of gold over May and June, the supposed third largest gold purchase by a central bank so far this year. The BCB resorts to Secrecy Laws and is totally untransparent, and even goes so far as arrogantly saying that information about the Brazilian sovereign gold reserves is not in the public interest.

The report (corroborated by Reuters for some details) claims that gold was illegally extracted from the Kayapó Indigenous Land, sold through various middlemen to the Brazilian Marsam and Italian Chimet material suppliers, and then sold to manufacturers making electronics for the four biggest technology companies on the planet. Mining in indigenous lands is a violation of Brazillian law, and unauthorized mining operations often cause incredible environmental devastation. Illegal mining is a major profit generator for organized crime, and is also causing direct and sometimes deadly conflict with indigenous peoples in the rainforest.

Marsam and Chimet are considered legitimate refiners and suppliers of gold and other precious metals by entities such as the US Securities and Exchange Commission, certified by bodies like the Responsible Minerals Initiative and the London Bullion Market Association. Even so, Repórter Brasil claims to have documented purchases from these suppliers in 2020 and 2021 that came from illegal mining operations within Brazilian indigenous lands.

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