Gold miners told to keep off ‘toxic’ mercury

Gold miners mix crashed ore with water containing mercury at a gold mine in Lolgorian, Narok County on October ‎5. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Gold miners in western Kenya have been asked not to use mercury in extracting the mineral.

Instead, the national government wants the miners in Western and Nyanza, most of who are small-scale drillers, to use borax.