Colombia's Petro government has created a fund for small-scale miners and a programme to help those who quit mining retrain, days before leaving office.
Mining
Key Facts
—The decrees. Colombia’s government issued two decrees on 11 July setting up support for small-scale miners.
—The fund. A Mining Development Fund, known as FONMIN, will finance small mining, formalisation and clean technology.
—The exit. A separate programme helps miners who leave the trade retrain and start new businesses.
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