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The illegal gold mines killing rivers and livelihoods in Ghana - BBC

Sixty percent of Ghana’s water bodies are now polluted, largely due to illegal mining activities. Ghana is the leading producer of gold in Africa and about 35% of it is extracted

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Illegal Miners, Ghana - National Geographic

2009year3month2day  This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Fevered by hopes of striking it rich, illegal miners claw sacks of "money stone"—gold

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Mechanization of illegal gold mining threatens Ghana’s

2023year2month8day  In Ghana, illegal miners known as galamseyers are carrying out an increasing share of the country’s gold production. In recent years, these miners have been sourcing machinery from China.

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The illegal gold mines killing rivers and livelihoods in Ghana

2021year8month10day  The illegal gold mines killing rivers and livelihoods in Ghana. Sixty percent of Ghana’s water bodies are now polluted, largely due to illegal mining activities.

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Ghana's illegal mining continues because the rules and

November 2, 2022 Ghana's illegal mining continues because the rules and reality are disconnected by Richard Kwaku Kumah, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Artisanal and...

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Ghana’s illegal mining continues because the rules and reality are ...

November 4, 2022 Illegal gold mining is spreading rapidly in Ghana. Wikimedia Commons/Flickr Artisanal and small-scale mining – a low-tech, indigenous mining

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Ghana's Illegal Galamsey Gold Mining Affecting Cocoa

2018year3month6day  Ghana, one of the world's biggest producers of cocoa beans, is facing a crisis around dangerous and dirty galamsey, or informal, mining—which experts warn

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Illegal mining threatens Ghana forests Africanews

2023year5month4day  Ghana's widespread illegal mining activities are destroying the gold-rich West African country's forests, the government's forestry agency warned Tuesday at a

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