Trump's Cuban Gambit: How Australian Mining Interests Are Caught in the Crossfire The US administration's renewed efforts to strangle Cuba's communist regime have landed an unexpected target: Australian mining company Antilles Gold and its joint venture with a Chinese partner, Minera La Victoria.
The story is a complex web of interests and geopolitics, where American sanctions aimed at crippling Cuban state owned enterprises inadvertently ensnared international investors.
At the heart of this saga lies the Nueva Sabana open pit copper and gold mine in central Cuba, 25 kilometers south east of Ciego De Avila.