<p>Reuters reported that Honduran authorities ordered a subsidiary of Canada's Aura Minerals Inc to suspend open-pit gold mining at an indigenous cemetery site, drawing fierce opposition from residents. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said "MINOSA is ordered to immediately suspend all activities that are being carried out in the area of the Tajo La Buffa project.”</p><p>The subsidiary, Minerales de Occidente Sociedad Anonima MINOSA, has operated the San Andres mine since 2009 in the west of the country, where a gold vein extends to a cemetery where members of Maya Chorti ethnic groups are buried. Residents have accused the miner of illegally exhuming bodies at the site and have blocked roads from the area on several occasions. A lawyer representing residents, Pedro Mejia, told Reuters that MINOSA has exhumed corpses from the almost 200-year-old pantheon in a community around 191 kilometers northwest of Tegucigalpa, the capital.</p>
<p>Reuters reported that Honduran authorities ordered a subsidiary of Canada's Aura Minerals Inc to suspend open-pit gold mining at an indigenous cemetery site, drawing fierce opposition from residents. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said "MINOSA is ordered to immediately suspend all activities that are being carried out in the area of the Tajo La Buffa project.”</p><p>The subsidiary, Minerales de Occidente Sociedad Anonima MINOSA, has operated the San Andres mine since 2009 in the west of the country, where a gold vein extends to a cemetery where members of Maya Chorti ethnic groups are buried. Residents have accused the miner of illegally exhuming bodies at the site and have blocked roads from the area on several occasions. A lawyer representing residents, Pedro Mejia, told Reuters that MINOSA has exhumed corpses from the almost 200-year-old pantheon in a community around 191 kilometers northwest of Tegucigalpa, the capital.</p>
