I found this article on another site. It gives a little bit of data on what is happening in the community.

Serra Pelada MINE NEAR THE INCREASING PRODUCTION


The concentration of gold mine of Serra Pelada can vary from 7.5 to 20 grams per tonne. For the technical content of the area is considered high, in front of other mines in operation in Brazil. The concentration of Serra Pelada is therefore exceptional, according to industry experts. The work of construction of the mine are becoming faster. The underground mine will be accessed through four miles of galleries and inclined plane method and use the "cut and fill down" to mine the ore. The mine is projected to produce 1000 tons / day of ore. It will produce about three tons of gold, platinum and palladium, per year. Higher production than to produce by Hannah to Yamana Fazenda Brasileiro mine in Bahia Teofilandia. The project should only start mining ore at the end of this year, but residents of Serra Pelada and the town of Curionópolis already feeling the benefits of having played for the venture and partnership Coomigasp Colossus. Many works have been and are being done or funded by the Mineral Development project starting with the recovery of the dirt road that connects the town of Serra Pelada PA-275 to the Highway. Before the path on the bumpy road was done in 1:30. Today, residents already travel freely and have a van service and public transportation. Public schools and health clinic in the village were also benefited from rehabilitation works. The Coomigasp of the miners with their partner support campaigns and assistance to population programs, job training, among other actions aimed at ensuring health, education and infrastructure. With these positive interventions the Human Development Index (HDI) of Serra Pelada certainly give a jump in short, something meaningful in a location that lacks basic sanitation, paving, and brick houses that still registers high incidence of serious diseases, such as AIDS and leprosy.

Bob