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In videos it was recorded how ‘the gold rush’ upset an entire community in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
As reported by the agency ‘Reuters’, last Wednesday, February 10, the authorities prohibited the extraction of the mineral on a hill from Luhihi village, located in the eastern province of South Kivu.
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The shocking discovery was made by the villagers at the end of February this year. As reported by the outlet, there was no order between the people and a ‘gold rush’ was unleashed.
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A video from the Republic of Congo documents the biggest surprise for some villagers in this country, as an entire mountain full of gold was discovered!
They dig the soil into the gold deposits and bring them home to wash the soil and extract the gold. pic.twitter.com/i4UMq94cEh– Ahmad Algohbary (@AhmadAlgohbary) March 2, 2021
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Images of the crowd digging went viral on social media in early March.
According to ‘Reuters’, the Minister of Mines of South Kivu, Venant Burume Muhigirwa, specified by means of a decree that “miners, merchants and members of the armed forces of the Congo they had to leave the mining locations in and around Luhihi ”.
Furthermore, all exploitation activities were suspended until further notice.
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Burume assured that they took steps to protect the community. “Se must restore order to mining activities in Luhihi, not only to protect lives but also to guarantee the traceability of the gold produced in accordance with Congolese law, “he said.
As reported on ‘BBC’, the gold concentration figures in the whole mountain would be 60% to 90%
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The truth is that the authorities decided to control the situation to avoid confrontations related to the ‘gold rush’ that citizens began to suffer, who even tried to excavate the place with sticks.
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