Gold miners told to keep off ‘toxic’ mercury

Experts say mercury is harmful to health and recommend use of borax in extracting gold.

Borax is also used in soap making. It is readily available and affordable compared to mercury.

Majority of small-scale gold miners use mercury amalgam to speed up the process of extracting gold from its ore.

The Ministry of Petroleum has launched a countrywide programme to sensitise over 250,000 artisan gold miners to embrace the new technology, especially in gold mining.
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