With the sun beginning to beat down mercilessly, the young miner splashes handfuls of the liquid, which is laced with mercury and cyanide to separate gold from unwanted rock, on his face to stay alert. Without hesitation and with flecks of mud on his face, lips and eyes he said: “Being umakorokoza (artisanal miner) is brutal. Just imagine digging soil every day in search of the precious mineral.
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