Mercury is used to separate gold from ore during mining. Most miners who work a plethora of land and open pit land mines in the country’s vast interior think this is the most efficient method of doing so as up to 80 percent of gold particles in ore is recovery from this process. Authorities have urged them to switch to shaking tables and other mercury free systems but support for these have been slow-almost non existent.
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