The population grew like Abidjan’s;
Considering the giant scale of the pit, the final product seems meagre.
Suddenly everyone was earning money.
This piece of gold is worth about ten dollars.
This massive open pit is the biggest mine in Isoko.
Toxic mercury is used to aggregate the gold,
and with this, the economy also became like Abidjan’s – says one man.
and is then drained into the soil.
Look! He’s washing out a tiny grain! Of gold!
Hundreds of people work in tandem to dig out gold ore.