Mercury, a treacherous

enemy
Dclay Juta

Topic Background
Mining
Mozambique Gold Mining
Artisanal Gold Mining
Gold
concetration
Mercury
usage

Topic :
Find out how Mercury is used by
artisanal miners in Fenda Manica,
in the season of April June 2015, in
order to compare with the
international study of Mercury usage.

Justification
The choice of this topic was based on the
actual situation of artisanal mining in
Manica. One of the major environmental
problems associated with the Artisanal
Mining is the usage of mercury, which
NEVER disappears from the natural
environment(...)
(E. Cristina). By
studding this topic well going to, not
only find how they use it, but also to
improve their techniques if its necessary.

Background
Current situation:
In general the miners in Fenda use mercury to
separate and collect the gold from rocks in which it is
found. Most of them are not unaware of its danger.
The mercury usage in artisanal gold mining contributes to a
degradation of soil, water and health of the miners D. Olavo

Procedures ( UNEP)
Protective measures (retort)
Alternatives to mercury use (Carpet sluice)

Aims:
Discovery the way that the miners in
Fenda uses mercury in their activities.

Objective
Evaluate and Compare the way that the
miners use mercury in their processes.
Find out why they a keeping using it in
their process.
Find out the warm caused by mercury
usage

Research Questions
Does the miners in Fenda use
properly Mercury in their processes?
What are the negatives impacts
caused by mercury usage in Fenda?
Are they informed of the risk of
mercury usage?
Does a mercury usage in mining affect
people near the mine?

Methodology
This research should be assembled
on
qualitative
data
collection,
supported with a questionnaire,
observation and at other case with a
face to face interview.

END

We live by gold, and well die by it

 When we a talking about Artisanal

mining we get at 1st the meaning of
extraction of mineral by miners
working in small or medium sized
operations, using rudimentary
techniques , and most of them are
unaware of the risk, thats why Im
carrying out this research.