In total, 11% of Mexico’s territory (20,853,928 hectares)
for mining exploration and exploitation. Of that, some 188,320 hectares are actually being actively mined by a grand total of 874 mining projects,
a study carried out by the non-profit civil organization CartoCrítica.
More than 80% of those projects operate without reporting the damages they cause or the pollutants they emit into the water, air, or land as a result of their operations, according to the study. Also, many do not report the volumes of minerals they extract from each project or how much water they use.