Local miners are naively believing that mercury is the only way to extract gold

It has come to our attention that certain local miners in Uganda are under the mistaken belief that mercury is the only way to extract and recover gold from concentrates. We strongly advise against the use of mercury in gold recovery and will not engage in any practices that involve its use.

All miners are strongly advised to stop using mercury immediately.

Mercury is a dangerous poison and its use in mining activities is severely impacting the environment. Mercury pollutes the water that is consumed by children, adults, and livestock, and its poison is then absorbed by plants, fruits, vegetables, fish, and trees.

Exposure to mercury can cause cancer and other dangerous diseases.

We urge all miners to prioritize their health and the health of their communities by refraining from the use of mercury in their mining operations.

• Miners with the mercury sponge ball
  This miner is showing his "result", the large mercury ball with several grams of gold. We do not advise using mercury in gold recovery and will refuse to do so. All miners are advised to stop using mercury immediately. Mercury is dangerous poison and is polluting environment, the water which is drunk by children, people and cattle. Mercury poison is then traveling to plants, fruits, vegetables, to fish, and trees. People are getting cancer and other dangerous diseases from mercury.
• Amalgam of gold with mercury
  This is not quite the "amalgam" because this gold was not quite nicely melted with mercury. It is better say "connected" to mercury. We do not advise using mercury in gold recovery and will refuse to do so. All miners are advised to stop using mercury immediately. Mercury is dangerous poison and is polluting environment, the water which is drunk by children, people and cattle. Mercury poison is then traveling to plants, fruits, vegetables, to fish, and trees. People are getting cancer and other dangerous…
• Gold amalgamated with mercury
  This is picture of gold amalgamated with mercury. This is exceptional good result for the local miners. We do not endorse any of the mercury recovery methods. Mercury is a danger and liability for environment, animals, plants, and people. It may cause cancer and other dangerous diseases. It cannot collect all the gold out of the concentrates and it is expensive. We are advising miners how to recover gold without using mercury. Mercury free methods of gold recovery are used all over the North Americas…