Bougainville alluvial mining fears

A ROBUST price for gold has spurred an increase in alluvial mining on Bougainville and it is becoming an increasingly popular way of earning an income, but sometimes at the cost of the environment.

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Gerald Turumanu

The new alluvial mining sites have been recently discovered in Torokina and Keriaka in the west coast of Bougainville, Sisivi in the mountains of Wakunai district, Paruparu in the Eivo-Torau