In 2010, it appears that another cause is mobilizing thousands of young people and adults - the presence of the mining consortium Barrick Gold in Cotuí, the head municipality in the province of Sánchez Ramírez, which is home to one of the largest gold mines in the world: Pueblo Viejo (Old Town), with estimated reserves of 24 million troy ounces of gold. 
Katika mwaka huu wa 2010, yaelekea kuna harakati zinazowahamasisha maelfu ya vijana na watu wazima - kuhusu uwepo wa makubaliano ya uchimbaji dhahabu na Kampuni ya Barrick huko Cotuí, mji ambao ni manispaa kubwa zaidi katika jimbo la Sánchez Ramírez, ambayo ni moja ya sehemu zenye shughuli kubwa zaidi za uchimbaji madini ulimwenguni: la Pueblo Viejo (Mji wa Zamani) huku eneo hilo likikadiriwa kuwa na troi milioni 24 za onsi za dhahabu.