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A Congolese artisanal miner climbs out, with the use of vines, of a deep gold mine in the Mabakulu site on July 11, 2018 in Ituri Province. The Mabakulu Gold Mining site lies deep within the Ituri Forest. Miners will stay out in the forest for up to a week, by the end of the week the will usually have mined about Six grams of gold. The gold gets sold to traders in the near by town of Mambasa, from there it will either head legally to the town of Bunia or Illegally over the borders in Uganda.
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Congo ousts artisanal mining regulator amid crackdown

The Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended SAEMAPE director general Jean-Paul Kapongo Kadiobo as authorities ramp up enforcement against illegal artisanal mining on copper…

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