Mongabay on Mythryl: “A landslide in Sumatra killed four illegal gold miners, just months…”

A landslide in Sumatra killed four illegal gold miners, just months after nine died in a similar disaster. Driven by record global gold prices, over 20 million small-scale miners worldwide face deadly landslips and exposure to neurotoxic mercury to make a living. Read the full story.

mongabay.ccDeadly gold rush continues as latest landslide kills four in SumatraPADANG, Indonesia — Four gold miners were killed after a hillside in the Jorong Jujutan forest of Sumatra’s South Solok district gave way in the early hours of Oct. 6. The landslide marked the latest…

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