Mr Ndio further said that mercury in mining is used to extract gold from the ore and it is a highly toxic chemical artisanal miners prefer to recover minute pieces of gold that are mixed in soil and sediments, adding: "When the two are applied, mercury and gold settle and combine together to form an amalgam... miners then use vapour to extract the gold from mercury."
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