Ghana's wildcat gold mining booms, poisoning people and nature • FRANCE 24 English

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Ghana's wildcat gold mining booms, poisoning people and nature • FRANCE 24 English


At an unlicensed gold mine in Ghana, men in t-shirts, shorts and rubber boots wade through pools of muddy water laced with mercury, pull out rocks with bare hands and operate a rickety sluice as they search for the precious ore. The ramshackle mine is part of a booming business that is generating livelihoods and informal revenue streams for…

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  1. It's only gold, better used as an electrical component. The forests are a thousand times worth more than gold in what they provide. Is china in its interests of Africa bringing their uncaring environmental pollution to africa by way of business? Africans want outside help and not inside for some reason? I'm unsure totally, but I can only say if wgat you seek is wealth at the detriment of your ecology and environment then you'll be in a mess while others elsewhere get very wealthy