The study found that mercury, the toxic heavy metal used in gold processing, is silently poisoning water, soils and the environment. Water samples near gold mining hotspots showed mercury levels ...

Then, to separate the gold, miners will pour liquid mercury into the soil, forming a hard coating around the coveted mineral. Then, they’ll burn off the mercury to get pure gold. This process ...

Western Gold Resources is raising $1.05m to advance its Gold Duke project through a placement of shares at 4.25c each. Funds raised through the placement of 24.78 million shares at 4.25c each will ...

Ashanti Regional Director of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), has issued a stark warning about the ongoing dangers associated with the use of mercury in gold extraction. Speaking at a ...

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Migori /FILE Artisanal and small-scale gold miners in Migori County are directly exposed to mercury-related occupational and safety risks, a new study shows. A study by the Friedrich Naumann Found ...

VON GREYERZ partner, Matthew Piepenburg, joins the prolific Ivor Cummings to bring needed perspective to gold in a world over its skis in debt and marching full speed into a credit/debt crisis for ...

Mercury pollution in artisanal gold mining (AGM) has been a pressing global environmental and public health concern for the past four decades. The use of mercury in AGM is prevalent due to its ...