Nation Feb 17 Photos: Child miners exposed to toxic chemicals in illegal gold mines Technically illegal but practiced openly, small-scale mining activity is everywhere. This region once hosted large gold mining operations which exploited the rivers and clear-cut hundreds of thousands of acres in search of promising deposits after securing the necessary permits from…
World Jan 27 One Filipino town’s risky search for gold In the Philippines, people desperate to make a living dive into muddy waters in makeshift mines in search of gold.