Net Profit Kills the Intention
Why conventional stand-alone investment models can fail artisanal and small-scale gold mining — and why shared professional infrastructure may change the economics at system level.
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Mercury and Cyanide in Small-Scale Gold Mining
What studies from Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania show about recovery, direct smelting, cyanidation and the need for mineralogy-led process selection.
Open PDFNiT — Norse in Tanzania
From legacy mining challenges to systematic environmental remediation — mapping, prioritising and progressively remediating mining-related environmental problems at national scale, together with Tanzanian authorities and international partners.
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