Zimbabwe: Homes, Land Destroyed As Desperate Zimbabweans Turn to Illegal Gold Mining

Small-scale and illegal miners sometimes also add mercury to the soil to separate minute gold particles from other minerals, farmers said.

"They burn grass for their metal detectors to work and use mercury which is very dangerous to our livestock and humans," lamented villager Soneni Ncube.

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