{"id":52661,"date":"2020-07-27T11:46:16","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T11:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?post_type=research_project&#038;p=52661"},"modified":"2020-09-01T11:17:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T11:17:43","slug":"impacts-of-artisanal-and-small-scale-gold-mining","status":"publish","type":"research_project","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/integrated-resource-management-in-eastern-africa\/impacts-of-artisanal-and-small-scale-gold-mining\/","title":{"rendered":"Quantifying environmental impacts of gold mining"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Quantifying the local and downstream environmental impacts of artisanal and small-scale gold mining<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS Research &mdash; Integrated resource management in Eastern Africa<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share this article<\/span><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/integrated-resource-management-in-eastern-africa\/impacts-of-artisanal-and-small-scale-gold-mining\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Quantifying%20environmental%20impacts%20of%20gold%20mining&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/integrated-resource-management-in-eastern-africa\/impacts-of-artisanal-and-small-scale-gold-mining\/\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span class=\"hidden\">Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   onclick=\"javascript:void( (function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' );e.setAttribute('src','\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"  href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"icon-pinterest\"><span class=\"hidden\">Pinterest<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/wa.me?text=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/integrated-resource-management-in-eastern-africa\/impacts-of-artisanal-and-small-scale-gold-mining\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=Quantifying%20environmental%20impacts%20of%20gold%20mining&#038;body=Lake%20Victoria,%20and%20the%20rivers%20that%20feed%20into%20it,%20is%20an%20important%20source%20of%20drinking%20water%20and%20food%20for%20the%20densely%20populated%20rural%20region%20of%20southwest%20Kenya.%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/integrated-resource-management-in-eastern-africa\/impacts-of-artisanal-and-small-scale-gold-mining\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/integrated-resource-management-in-eastern-africa\/impacts-of-artisanal-and-small-scale-gold-mining\/\" class=\"copy-url-on-click\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><span class=\"hidden\">Copy Link<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p>Nam Lolwe, or Lake Victoria, and the rivers that feed into it, is an important source of drinking water and food for the densely populated rural region of south-west Kenya. The use of chemicals such as mercury and cyanide in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in this region is an environmental issue that is causing widespread contamination of the ecosystems of the lake basin. There is a need to understand the extent of the issue and develop sustainable best practices to mitigate the impact.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gold_panning-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"Gold panning with mercury\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gold_panning.jpg\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Gold panning with mercury. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Migori County is a major ASGM centre in south-west Kenya. Gold mining is focused on gold hosted by quartz\u2013carbonate reefs in the basalts and the banded iron formations of the Precambrian Migori greenstone belt. Mining operations involve deep, unstable shafts, manual extraction and crushing followed by milling using Tanzanian-designed ball mills. The gold is concentrated using sluice boxes and then recovered from the concentrates using mercury. The mine tailings are sent to a cyanidation plant to remove the remaining gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research for this project includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>assessing the current gold mining practices with a view to eliminating the use of mercury<\/li><li>assessing the contamination of drinking water sources (such as boreholes and the water courses) to provide a better understanding of the extent of the contamination<\/li><li>tracing the migration of contamination along the water courses into Nam Lolwe<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ongoing research<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0sawqVL0xmo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Artisanal and small-scale gold mining, Migori County, Kenya<\/a> (video)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/britgeopeople.blogspot.com\/2020\/02\/artisanal-and-small-scale-gold-mining.html\">Artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Western Kenya<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<section   id=\"latest-content-4646-block_5f1ebc31f2649\" class=\"grid-section  primary-background   \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>You may also be interested in<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row grid-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/integrated-resource-management-in-eastern-africa\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/feature_EA_rift_p1150807-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rift Valley\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/feature_EA_rift_p1150807.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/integrated-resource-management-in-eastern-africa\/\">Integrated resource management in Eastern Africa<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our current activities build on the BGS\u2019s extensive research experience in this region, contributing to welfare and future economic growth by the responsible use of natural resources.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/integrated-resource-management-in-eastern-africa\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lake Victoria, and the rivers that feed into it, is an important source of drinking water and food for the densely populated rural region of southwest Kenya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":52768,"parent":22786,"menu_order":6,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"16687,34127,9854,9742,17424,33241","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"tags":[],"region":[],"topic":[],"purpose":[],"area":[],"challenge":[],"challenge_topic":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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