A systematic review of artisanal and small-scale mining: …

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Introduction. Mineral extraction is the most destructive industry to the environment (Chenje 2000), and artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) contributes to this destruction.The definition of ASM varies from country to country (Musingwini & Sibanda 1999), depending on variables such as investment costs, mine output, labour …

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Section snippets Artisanal and small-scale mining in sub-Saharan Africa: A Snapshot. Nearly three decades ago, the World Bank published the landmark report, Small-Scale Mining: A Review of the Issues (Noetstaller, 1987). The organization relied heavily on this document for guidance throughout the 1990s, when several ambitious …

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the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR). It covers 30 gold mines in 7 African countries. The 7 countries (Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Niger and South Africa) account for 83% of Africa's total gold production over the 2005-2010 period (US Geological Survey 2011).

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In Ghana, artisanal gold mining is a labor-intensive mineral extraction involving a few groups of often unskilled workers (about four to nine persons) with low capital investment, which uses elementary tools such as shovels, hammers, and pans with low technology on concessions ranging from 3 to 5 acres, while small-scale gold …

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This follows closure of many gold, asbestos, chrome and diamond mines around the country. In the gold sector, artisanal and small-scale miners are currently the largest contributors of gold4, the largest foreign currency earner in the country, some of whom are operating at closed gold mine sites including the famous old German mining tunnels in ...

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Sanu Gold Announces Additional High-Grade Gold Results from the Daina Exploration Permit in Guinea, West Africa: 9 m of 7.97 g/t Au Trench Sampling and 61.6 g/t Au from Rock Chip Sampling

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Mining projects, the backbone of many small towns worldwide, have a lifespan. The lifespan of an iron ore mine, for instance, is on average between 6 and 24 years (Anglo American, 2013) and thereafter mineral depletion sets in. Economic factors (Burger et al., 2018) and geological factors (Ackermann et al., 2018a) can also render …

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Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is an important source of livelihood for millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), though it is small in its contribution to the total mineral production but employs a larger number of people in rural communities than large-scale mining activities do (Hilson and McQuilken 2014).It is reported that …

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Small–scale mining in South Africa: Past, present and future

A small–scale mine has been defined as a mining activity employing less than 50 people and with an annual turnover of less than 7.5 million Rand and includes artisanal mines. Small–scale miners are involved in many commodities but there appears to be a bias towards gold, diamonds and quarrying for construction materials, including …

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