Mercury fuel used in gold mining in Senegal
risingnepaldaily.com · Wed May 14 02:26:12 GMT 2025

Kedougou, Senegal May 14: The quickest way to separate gold from rock, Sadio Camara says, is with a drop of mercury. She empties a dime-sized packet of the silvery liquid into a plastic bucket of muddy sediment outside her home in southeastern Senegal. With bare hands and no mask, she swirls the mixture as her children look on.
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