Rights groups highlight human cost of Sierra Leone mining boom

Other companies have begun exploiting the Marampa mine and kimberlite diamond mines in Kono, while as yet untapped oil deposits were found off the coast in 2009 and the country also boasts huge gold, bauxite and titanium ore deposits.
Mining accounted for almost 60 percent of export revenues in 2010, including $132 million in diamonds, $33 million for rutile and $31 million for bauxite.
The sector provides employment and livelihood to over 135,000 workers but rights campaigners point to the "resource curse" and the seemingly inevitable corruption, social troubles and violence that accompany such wealth.
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