Posted on 10/31/2013 12:22:02 AM PDT by TexGrill
Ghanaian police have arrested 46 foreign nationals from China and India accused of illegally mining gold.
They were detained in overnight raids in the country's Central region where they were operating small barges to dredge the bed of the River Offin.
More than 4,500 Chinese nationals have been repatriated this year after a series of swoops on illegal goldmines.
Officials says since the clampdown began, some illegal miners have been going out at night to avoid detection.
Ghana is Africa's biggest gold producer after South Africa.
Ghanaian law prevents foreigners from working in small-scale gold mines.
The authorities say the illegal mining pollutes the rivers and destroys the environment.
Illegal miners use makeshift barges to dredge mud from river beds which is then sifted for gold.
The BBC's Sammy Darko in the capital, Accra, says illegal miners also mine in the forest leaving behind huge holes and cutting down trees.
The holes collect with water and chemicals like mercury used to sieve through the mud for gold drain into rivers.
Our reporter says officers set fire to the illegal miners' equipment during the raid near the mining town of Dunkwa-on-Offin.
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Note to self: Don’t bother looking for a gold mine in Ghana.
We need to handle our Illegal Aliens this way.....
But the UN, Free Trade Groups, Amnesty groups would scream bloody murder if we did this
Looks like those two idiots in the “Jungle Gold” series are finally out of business. Only people dumber than those two are the fools who invested money in their mining adventure.
Interesting. I heard a guy on a local radio station several months ago talk about how China has established a sizable influence in several African nations. I don’t remember all of the details, but I think I remember him saying that in general the Chinese that have been sent over are despised by the local people.
Haven’t heard anything in our media about this.
Because they appear to work hard?
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