Addressing the Social and Financial Challenges of Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining

 The speaker stated that ASGM currently represents one third (approximately 1000 tonnes a year) of mercury demand globally. As mercury is easy to use, accessible and cheap, it is widely used by the miners to extract gold.

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