Savula said a team of geologists and environmental experts would assess the site’s stability and advise on safer extraction ...

At least three miners were killed after a shaft collapsed and trapped them at a gold mining site in Savane area, Kakamega county. The incident happened on Saturday, December 6, evening in Wangoto ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — An armed group attacked an artisanal gold mining site in southern Mali on Monday morning, a local elected official announced, the first such attack since a military government ...

Sources have requested pseudonyms be used to protect their identity out of fear of retaliation from the government or mining companies BANGKOK, Thailand/RATANAKIRI, Cambodia — “When you touch the ...

The gold rushes of the 19th century have long since ended, but there are still plenty of places you can hunt for the precious metal using a shovel, pan, metal detector, and more. In fact, recreational ...

In gold panning sites, extracting gold is about digging than filling pits. The pits left by gold diggers from within and abroad scar waterways, farmlands and forests. “I need money to feed my family, ...

Economic pressures drive artisanal mining, impacting corporate operations Rising gold prices fuel conflicts between industrial and informal miners Miners are pressing governments for military support ...

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