Illegal gold mining underneath a primary school…. How’s your day going? (Via @thecontinent_ ) --- RT @tamars “At least 14 children in the Midlands province of central Zimbabwe have been injured after the classroom block they were in collapsed into an illegal gold mining shaft dug under Globe and Phoenix primary school.” @thecontinent_ https://twitter.com/tamars/status/1637043490960842753
@revkin Also Mercury. How are they extracting and purifying the gold? Often it’s by making an amalgam with Hg. Slower, but equally bad for kids education.