IT was necessary to “shine a light” on the millions of people from poor communities who had joined the ranks of small scale mining, sometimes with dangerous environmental risks whilst the miners themselves were often involved in corrupt activities.
Citing the World Bank’s head of energy and extractives global practice, Riccardo Puliti, Reuters said it was time to begin investing in these communities. Of an estimated 40 million artisanal miners globally, 9.9 million worked in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a report by the UN.
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