It is estimated that millions of artisanal gold miners in developing countries pan for gold using mercury and in the process release nearly 8,000lbs of the toxic metal into the environment every day. Mercury pollution is increasing around the world and is devastating to the physiological and neurological development of unborn children and infants.
Mucking loader can be used in the tunnel for mining gold.
The non-profit organisation, Mercury Free Mining (MFM),has announced that it has been invited by the Ghana National Artisanal and Small-Scale Miners Association (GNASSM) to coordinate scientific testing of the innovative GOLDROP separation process with the University of Mines and Technology in Tarkwa, Ghana.
North American gold miners, in discussions with MFM, have said the GOLDROP equipmentis significantly more efficient than traditional gold panning, which often uses mercury to separate gold from other heavy minerals.
MFM Executive Director, Toby Pomeroy, departs for Ghana on 8 January 2020 to begin ten (10) days of exhaustive, scientific field testing of the GOLDROP technology. In announcing his travel and testing schedule, Pomeroy commented:
“MFM is thrilled to be leading the scientific tests of this gold processing system in Ghana, West Africa. We may be witnessing the beginning of the end of toxic mercury use in gold mining.”
Mercury Free Mining to field test new GOLDROP Equipment in GhaMm
