The challenge in regulating artisanal or small-scale mining

 The most common mining technique used is dog-hole mining which consists of tunneling, ball milling and gravity concentration, cyanide leaching and smelting. In other areas, mercury is used instead of cyanide. Mercury is far more hazardous to health and the environment.

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