The project is expected to devise environmentally-friendly mercury-free methods of gold extraction.
During a meeting between the UN, the government and stakeholders to draw a plan for the project on Friday, experts said there was serious threat of mercury exposure as a new gold rush picked up.
“Mercury is highly toxic but it is used in artisanal gold mining and processing,” Mr Raymond Mutiso, the director of mines at the Mining ministry, said.
"It pollutes rivers, air and contaminates land. It can also cause illness in people and animals."
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