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gold mining challenges and opportunities

Artisanal Gold Mining Challenges and Opportunities

Small-scale gold mining kills with mercury, exploits children, yet holds a paradoxical power to transform millions of lives from poverty to prosperity.
small scale gold mining

What to Know About Small Scale and Artisanal Gold Mining

15 million gold miners poison themselves daily to feed our jewelry addiction – but that’s just the beginning of this dark tale.