Projects

Artisanal miner exiting narrow 1m x 1m shaft. The shafts on site reach depths of 60m
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Groups of artisanal miners work small areas of the gold fields. The spoil piles are waste, but often contain significant amounts of gold
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Groups of artisanal miners work closely spaced individual shafts. Ore is placed in large sacs for further treatment nearby
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Separate groups of artisanal miners are contracted to process the material dug out of the shafts. They break the rock up with scrap metal, often old car parts, then add water and recover the gold on burlap bags on the bottom of crude sluice boxes
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The gold from the sluice boxes is compressed into a ball and prepared for sale to a gold buyer on site
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The gold buyer uses a hand scale to weigh the gold. Counter weights are matches or small coins
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Overview of the site
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Gold Panning in Riverstone Trench, Rambo Permit
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Gold Panning Inside Rambo Pit
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Kao RAB Drill Program
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Kao RAB Drill Program
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Local Villagers "Wind Panning" on Kao
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Recent Artisanal Gold Mining Shafts on Kao
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Terrain at Tangapella
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Tour Group Visiting Artisanal Workings, Tangapella
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"Wind Panning" on the Sebila Permit
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Artisanal Gold Miners on Bouboulou
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Artisanal Gold Miners at Work on Solna
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