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Friday, February 16, 2018

Burkina Faso expects record 55 tonnes of gold in 2018 - minister

All over the country, small-scale miners lower themselves into holes up to 25 metres deep, break rocks with hammers and pan for gold using buckets of water. But the largely unregulated sector goes untaxed and has other problems such as use of toxic mercury and cyanide, as well as child labour.
read more... https://af.reuters.com/article/investingNews/idAFKCN1G014M-OZABS

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