Matching Pairs Trial 6Online version Trial 6 by Martin Smith 1 An hour down the road, in the gold rush town of Isoko, the environmental and social costs of Ivory Coast’s mining boom are becoming apparent. 2 A year ago, this was a forest village. 3 The locals call it Abidjan2 (the country’s capital is called Abidjan). 4 Yes, all over here, there used to be cocoa fields and palm trees. Now it’s a boom town, several thousand strong. Here petrol fumes mingle with rumours of a treasure there for the taking. They were all destroyed to make space for gold. Its dense population and frenetic energy remind them of the country’s biggest city.