The surge in gold prices is driving a rapid expansion in informal and unregulated gold mining that is often illegal and ecologically destructive, according to the World Gold Council.
The surge in gold prices is driving a rapid expansion in informal and unregulated gold mining that is often illegal and ecologically destructive, according to the World Gold Council.
A miner takes a break inside an underground mine at a legal small-scale gold mining site in Tarkwa, Ghana, on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. The indebted West African state is potentially losing billions from illegal gold mining, known as galamsey, that is causing environmental carnage.
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