gold mining

Ghana is Africa's largest gold producer and the sixth largest in the world, but it is struggling to address widespread illegal gold mining, locally called "galamsey".

Fuelled by rising gold prices and youth unemployment, illegal gold mining has been growing in Ghana, despite military operations to shut down galamsey activities.

And he also explores other topics like rhino poaching in South Africa and illegal gold mining in Colombia.

As gold prices soared in the 1980s, the BLM and San Bernardino County agreed to allow the mineral rights holders to resume gold mining following review under the California Environmental Quality Act and the National Environmental Policy Act.

It’s less clear whether Trump will support a new copper and gold mining project being pushed by the Canadian government that could affect salmon rivers in southeast Alaska.