For example, in southern Ghana, I met “Peter,” a frail boy who said he was 15 but looked much younger. He was digging ore out of deep, unsecure pits and processing gold with toxic mercury. He had dropped out of primary school and told me: “I wish I could have stayed in school.” About 20 percent of global gold is supplied by small-scale mines such as Peter’s.
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