Gold Rush, Peruvian Amazon, Madre De Dios, Peru

• Rushes of the 2000s
Great Mongolian Gold Rush, Mongolia (2001)
Apuí Gold Rush, Apuí, Amazonas, Brazil (2006); approximately 500,000 miners are thought to work in the Amazon's "garimpos" (gold mines).
Peruvian Amazon gold rush, Madre de Dios (2009); gold prices are at record levels, creating a gold rush in Peru.