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illicit gold

Notes on the underground — where the most desperate and impoverished scavenge for illicit gold

Business Maverick

Notes on the underground — where the most desperate and impoverished scavenge for illicit gold

By Richard Poplak

The #Laundry: City of Gold (Part Three) — How ‘fake’ mines allegedly feed the illicit gold machine

South Africa

The #Laundry: City of Gold (Part Three) — How ‘fake’ mines allegedly feed the illicit gold machine

By Dewald van Rensburg for amaBhungane