1. Placer/alluvial |
1. Washing Plant |
Washing plant/trommel, excavator, mercury, diesel, petrol and lubricants |
Operates near water bodies and requires high volume of clean water for operation |
Simultaneous mining and gold extraction |
2. Washing Board |
Washing/sluice board, excavator, mercury, diesel, petrol and lubricants |
Operates near water bodies and requires high volume of clean water for operation |
3. Anwona or Pit Dredging |
Pits, Suction Dredge, mercury, mercury, diesel, petrol and lubricants |
Operates within mini pit lakes or mine-out pits and require water |
4. Stream/River Dredging |
River/Stream, Suction Dredge, mercury, mercury, diesel, petrol and lubricants |
Within water bodies-with adequate current |
5. Dig and Wash & 6. Panning (“poolepoole”) |
Pan, shovels, pick axes, manual, sluice board, mercury |
In wetland areas, rivers/creeks/streams banks |
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2. Underground mining |
7. Abandoned Underground Shaft/Tunnels |
Shaft, blasting, dewatering, load and haul of ore |
Underground/land-locked areas |
Mining Only |
8. Sample Hole/Pit or “ghetto” |
Manually dug out pit, blasting, dewatering, mining |
Underground/land-locked areas |
3. Mill house |
9. Mill-house Operation |
Chan Fa Engine, Crusher, Smoothing Machine, Retort, Mercury, Hydrocarbons |
Land-locked areas; near road side, within urban centers or may be near mining sites |
Processing Only |
4. Chamfi/surface operation |
10. Chamfi |
Chan Fa diesel powered engine, mercury, retort, mercury, diesel, petrol and lubricants |
Land-locked areas; either near or far from water bodies…but requires water for operation |
Simultaneous mining and gold extraction |
5. Selection (“pilfering mining”) |
11. Selection (normally from LSM & Licit ASM sites) |
Manual selection, Chan Fa, mill house, mortar & pestle/sluice board |
Land-locked areas; either near or far from water bodies…but requires water for operation |
Mining Only |