A gold extractor is a steel barrel that rotates to crush rocks containing gold. To separate gold, the gold extracting process uses mercury.
In Senteluk village, Taliwang district, for example, dozens of extractors operate freely only a few meters from the main road connecting Poto Tano Port and Taliwang.
“We use mercury in the process. Sometimes we get gold, sometimes not,” said illegal gold miner Fatah, 28, in Taliwang.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/06/16/west-sumbawa-struggles-curb-illegal-mining.html
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