Meanings of artisanal gold in English

With no history of mining apart from artisanal gold and gem prospecting, there is also no skilled workforce.

The region is an artisanal gold mining hub that attracts workers from throughout northern Guinea and southern Mali.

Among the greatest threats is encroachment and environmental destruction by Brazil's tens of thousands of garimpeiros ( artisanal gold miners).

Consumers in the West increasingly want products that are ethically sourced, so many large banks, jewelers and gold refineries are wary of artisanal gold.

For the ICG, "the growth of artisanal gold mining threatens the state in other ways", by encouraging the rise of smuggling and money-laundering networks.

Drilling will focus on zones on the 7,000 hectare property that have shown some promise, some of them over old artisanal gold mines.

But the unofficial, artisanal gold-panning sector employs 1.5 million people and brings an extra 10 tonnes of gold to annual production, the ministry reports.

- Artisanal gold mining is also common in Guinea.

Artisanal gold mining has boomed since the 2012 discovery of a Saharan vein stretching from Sudan to Mauritania, the ICG declared.