Six people dead after alleged dynamite attack in Bolivia gold-mining clash | Mining News

The dynamite attack is thought to be the result of two mining collectives fighting over access to gold deposits.

A clash between gold-mining operations in Bolivia has resulted in an explosion that killed six people, according to authorities.

Thursday’s blast rocked the Yani mining camp approximately 150 kilometres – or 90 miles – northwest of the country’s administrative capital, La Paz.

“There are six dead, and we have reports of missing persons,” said Jhonny Silva, a…