A mining company from Canada wants to go big in the Brazilian Amazon

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A Canadian mining company is looking to build the largest gold mine in the Brazilian Amazon region. Nearby, riverside and Indigenous communities are concerned that the mine could destroy the environment where they live. Reporter Michael Fox has the story.

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