Gold Rally Drives Global Surge In Illegal Mining: WGC

 Artisinal and small-scale gold mining has likely risen to about 30% of global supply, Terry Heymann, the council’s chief financial officer, said in an interview. In many gold-rich countries such as Ghana, rural populations are shifting from farming to small-scale gold mining. The unregulated extraction causes mercury pollution and provides organized crime with a new source of revenue, said Heymann

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