The price of gold: Chinese mining in Ghana documentary

[Nugget]

I came across this documentary today and found it to be an interesting watch. Its only a short one but highlights the seriousness of Ghana's growing illegal gold mining problem.

[video=480,360]http://youtu.be/ohrrE1rjzLo[/video]

 

[TenOunce Tone]

Thanks for posting Nugget, interesting to see its not only our governments hosing over the prospectors out there. Big Money has big consequences for the environment and the local people where ever they are in the world it seems.

Cheers, Tone

 

[Coyote]

I thought it was bad in PNG when I was working there, but it was no where near as bad as that.

 

[headbut]

As highlighted in that "Jungle Gold" series & the cocoa farmer looks familiar , I think he was in that show

 

[BrisJoe]

Because of the coverage the illegal miners in Ghana got on jungle gold they cracked down on it hard. Enforcing the rules of only a ghananese citizen can hold a mining license/permit/claim

 

[G0lddigg@]

thats heavy watching this makes me sick, cant believe they are getting away with it. Imagine being a farmer and coming home from taking your kids to school to find your field has been bulldozed