Illegal gold mining

ROODEPOORT, SOUTH AFRICA - JANUARY 29: A South African from the Venda Region, John Mofu, runs his own gold mining and extraction operation in Roodepoort township on January 29, 2016. He holds a gold ingot that will be sold to middlemen buyers. The image is part of a feature on illegal gold mining and benefication. As the price of gold has decreased, so the marginally economic gold mines have closed - opening up a source of income for the poor. (Photo by Graeme Williams for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
ROODEPOORT, SOUTH AFRICA - JANUARY 29: A South African from the Venda Region, John Mofu, runs his own gold mining and extraction operation in Roodepoort township on January 29, 2016. He holds a gold ingot that will be sold to middlemen buyers. The image is part of a feature on illegal gold mining and benefication. As the price of gold has decreased, so the marginally economic gold mines have closed - opening up a source of income for the poor. (Photo by Graeme Williams for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Illegal gold mining
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January 29, 2016
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