Galamsey is a local artisanal gold mining in Ghana. Operators normally dig small working pits, tunnels or sluices by hand. Such lands are independent of licence gold mining companies. It is said to involve over a million Ghanaians and some 20,000 foreign counterparts, mostly Chinese.
Aside occasional collapse of the pits resulting in deaths, the practice has left huge environmental effects on several communities where the practice takes place. For example, almost all water bodies have been contaminated, the ecology of the natural environment hampered and the lands themselves rendered useless.
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