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African miners risking their lives for our gold | 60 Minutes Australia​

Aug 23, 2023


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REWIND TO 2009 where in the heart of Africa, millions of Congolese people are being swept up in a deadly gold trade between rebel groups and western companies. On the dangerous mountain sides and rivers, desperate men and women are searching hours on end for buried treasure - all to receive a bucket of dirt for their labour at the end of the day.
In 2023, ethical and human rights violations persist in the Congo as mining remains the primary source of income.
 
That's just them fighting/stealing from each other. Not ours until they decide to sell it to us.

Poor gaslighting attempt though.
 
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As long as they still have enough children to mine the cobalt and lithium, the ecotards are fine with it.
 
They should learn coding or install solar panels.
 
Australian ABC has been waging a war against gold and gold-bugs for some time.

They destroyed Peter Schiff's bullion-based bank, not based in the States. It had no outstanding loan accounts. It was fully liquid, but the ABC slandered it and put pressure on the Puerto Rican banking authorities to revoke Schiff's business charter. Even a buyer was refused...in a full cash sale. The PR banking authorities preferred the bank be liquidated, even though it meant depriving depositors of their funds/bullion.

This is just feeding-the-Narrative. I don't know it, but I'd bet money that the ABC is all onboard for CBDCs. And all that tasty CONTROL it gives the Elites over their lessers.

Wait until they find out, too late, that they themselves are the controlled, not the controllers.
 
In all fairness the gold krugerrand represents the best value in modern bullion gold sold retail in the USA. There are some oddballs like 100 koronas that can be purchased at spot occasionally, but at Liberty they sell the cheapest ounce coins lower than any other coin on the internet usually spot + $50 - $70. You can get bars cheaper, but those are easily faked and return no premium bonus.
 

Watch: Illegal gold rush threatens residents, tourism in Pilgrim’s Rest​

Residents, businesses and tourists in Pilgrim’s Rest in Mpumalanga are facing a barrage of illegal miners operating in the well-known Pilgrim’s Creek and very little intervention from authorities. It is believed that organised syndicates are behind the mining activities that see cyanide and mercury dumped straight into the stream.

The zama-zamas operating illegally within 100m of this historic town pose a significant threat to the safety of tourists.

Moreover, they seem to be outpacing legal gold mining operations.

More:

www.citizen.co.za

Illegal gold rush a threat to residents and tourism in Pilgrim's Rest | Lowvelder

For years now, the town's residents, businesses and tourists have been faced with a barrage of illegal miners operating in the well-known Pilgrim's Creek. It is estimated that about 150 zama-zamas are operating in the dry beds of the area.
www.citizen.co.za www.citizen.co.za
 
pmbug said:
Ya think? Australia wants to copy a China solution:

https://www.pmbug.com/threads/chinas-social-credit-score-system-fact-or-fiction.4412/#post-44287
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Stands to reason, because Australia, much more so than even Canada, has been penetrated by Chinese "immigration."

My own take on it (do with it what you will) is that China has targeted it for immediate (before North America) colonization. That's why its leaders were strong-armed into Draconian lockdowns and ordering universal Jabbing.

Their disarming predated China's current design on them (the Tasmanian mass-shooting incident, 25 years ago) but it works well for the Chin. Now the populace has been mostly sterilized and is dropping dead, as intended.
 
Casey Jones said:
Australian ABC has been waging a war against gold and gold-bugs for some time.

They destroyed Peter Schiff's bullion-based bank, not based in the States. It had no outstanding loan accounts. It was fully liquid, but the ABC slandered it and put pressure on the Puerto Rican banking authorities to revoke Schiff's business charter. Even a buyer was refused...in a full cash sale. The PR banking authorities preferred the bank be liquidated, even though it meant depriving depositors of their funds/bullion.

This is just feeding-the-Narrative. I don't know it, but I'd bet money that the ABC is all onboard for CBDCs. And all that tasty CONTROL it gives the Elites over their lessers.

Wait until they find out, too late, that they themselves are the controlled, not the controllers.
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Never understood why anyone would think it's a good idea to store their physical bullion somewhere else.
 
Casey Jones said:
Stands to reason, because Australia, much more so than even Canada, has been penetrated by Chinese "immigration."

My own take on it (do with it what you will) is that China has targeted it for immediate (before North America) colonization. That's why its leaders were strong-armed into Draconian lockdowns and ordering universal Jabbing.

Their disarming predated China's current design on them (the Tasmanian mass-shooting incident, 25 years ago) but it works well for the Chin. Now the populace has been mostly sterilized and is dropping dead, as intended.
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Precisely. Australia is ripe for the taking and they have their own politicians to thank for it.
 
CiscoKid said:
Precisely. Australia is ripe for the taking and they have their own politicians to thank for it.
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I'd say the People there have only themselves to thank for it, as they are the ones that let 'em do it.
 
Joe King said:
I'd say the People there have only themselves to thank for it, as they are the ones that let 'em do it.
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Did we let Corn Pop take us over? We, the People?

I would posit not-so. We have a rogue bureaucracy that's become an irregular revolutionary army.
 
CopperSilverGold said:
Never understood why anyone would think it's a good idea to store their physical bullion somewhere else.
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It's obvious to me.

If one has a lack of secure storage, or doubts the stability of his home nation.

What it comes down to, now, is a gamble. NO place is safe. We've seen safe-deposit box companies shut down and the IRS seizing contents, demanding proof of lawful possession before release. That's impossible in many cases - who has receipts for cash? Who has receipts for gold purchased by his father, thirty years ago?

We're seeing, cash seized - no longer JUST from motor-vehicles. Next will be other valuables. Because we're in a Transformation - into a lawless police state.

So you plan to leave, and expect to have to do it suddenly. Sticking 100 krugerrands up your backside, isn't a workable plan for crossing national borders. That's where a (hopefully) secure storage facility, outside your home and outside the Untied Skates, might make some sense.
 
Casey Jones said:
Did we let Corn Pop take us over? We, the People?

I would posit not-so. We have a rogue bureaucracy that's become an irregular revolutionary army.
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Yea, but it got there to begin with with via the vast majority of people supporting it.
 

How The Gold Boom Is Fueling A Rise In Illegal Gold Mining In Africa​

Jan 16, 2025 #CNBC

Tens of billions of dollars of gold are illegally smuggled out of Africa each year. Ghana, one of the world's top gold producers, has seen the impact of that illegal mining. While the vast majority of world’s gold comes from large mining companies like Newmont, Barrick Gold and Agnico Eagle, gold is also a source of income for millions of small artisanal miners, a source of revenue for many African governments and the cause of human rights violations and environmental degradation.
And gold prices are surging. In January 2024, spot gold rose to more than $2,600 an ounce. U.S. gold futures have seen similar levels. One reason for that growth, in difficult economic and geopolitical times, investors bet on gold for its ability to store value. So what do investors need to know about how gold is sourced, and will the price continue to soar? NBC's Zinhle Essamuah traveled to Ghana to find out what impact illegal mining is having in Africa and the global gold trade.


10:57

Chapters:
0:00-3:05 Introduction
2:11-5:34 Chapter 1 - Ghana's gold boom
5:35-8:14 Chapter 2 - Global gold market
8:15-10:57 Chapter 3 - Sourcing gold
 
news.mongabay.com

What Republic of Congo’s gold rush is leaving behind

Gold mining by the Chinese company City SARL inside the Dimonika Biosphere Reserve in the Republic of Congo has devastated 5 hectares (12 acres) of forest. Artisanal gold miners and some local community members have had to leave the area, depriving them of food and drinking water. Water samples...
news.mongabay.com news.mongabay.com
 
See their Narrative?

GOLD ---> BAD!

We need Stablecoins! And we need to be SURE, the benevolent humanitarians at the Fed, CONTROL them!
 
Ive seen the mining towns in South Africa tho I cant say I strolled thru them. Whilst we build up they tend to build "out" since theres so much available land and the mining towns are huge collections of corrugated tin huts where those lucky enough to have a legit job somehow live in.

And these are the lucky ones. A mining job in the RSA is a pretty decent paying job for a relatively unskilled worker. As power shifted away from the educated white Political base the place really went to hell. Each time I went, space 3 to 5 years apart the country looked more and more run down and crime was getting worse. The RSA was the richest country in Africa, which tells you something about Africa, and they had an open border policy that allowed every dead beat and criminal in Africa to come into their northern border. Minus the ones taken by the crocs, Lions, Leopards, and Hippos along the Limpopo river.

Anyway I watched the videos, the Leftist Euro female was a beaut, and I had my daily white guilt moment.
 
SilverStacker said:
Ive seen the mining towns in South Africa tho I cant say I strolled thru them. Whilst we build up they tend to build "out" since theres so much available land and the mining towns are huge collections of corrugated tin huts where those lucky enough to have a legit job somehow live in.

And these are the lucky ones. A mining job in the RSA is a pretty decent paying job for a relatively unskilled worker. As power shifted away from the educated white Political base the place really went to hell. Each time I went, space 3 to 5 years apart the country looked more and more run down and crime was getting worse. The RSA was the richest country in Africa, which tells you something about Africa, and they had an open border policy that allowed every dead beat and criminal in Africa to come into their northern border. Minus the ones taken by the crocs, Lions, Leopards, and Hippos along the Limpopo river.

Anyway I watched the videos, the Leftist Euro female was a beaut, and I had my daily white guilt moment.
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That's true of basically all industries that either have been "Globalized" or are innate to the Third World.

I'm told that Toyota workers in Mexico, who got the American Tacoma assembly line (outsourced from San Antonio, where it had been since 1995) now make under $5 an hour. And actually that's not that bad a living in Mexico. But few of them will be buying Tacomas (Hiluxes, in Mexico) themselves.

In Alang, India, workers tear apart "obsolete" ships. Often they're under 15 years old - they don't meet new Climate-Hysteria Carbon standards, or business has slumped and it costs too much to mothball them. During the Plandemic, Carnival sent a handful of post-2000 cruise barges over. Those shipbreakers make about a tenth of what waiters and chambermaids on those ships made - and THEY weren't overpaid.

It is the way of the world. How did California get such a large Chinese population, for most of its history? The Southern Pacific brough them in. They worked cheaper - and harder - than white-trash laborers, and didn't like to get drunk on their time off, either.

Exploitative labor relations, and between cultures, is an historical constant. I won't suddenly advocate bitcoin because African gold miners have a hard life.
 

Ghana's Gold Boom: Curse or Blessing? | DW News​

Oct 23, 2025 #africa #ghana #gold
What do high global gold prices mean for small-scale miners in Ghana? We look at the government's attempts to regulating the sector and the growing environmental and health toll that gold mining is taking.


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searcher said:

Ghana's Gold Boom: Curse or Blessing? | DW News​

Oct 23, 2025 #africa #ghana #gold
What do high global gold prices mean for small-scale miners in Ghana? We look at the government's attempts to regulating the sector and the growing environmental and health toll that gold mining is taking.


19:04
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What a surprise.

The Conventional Wisdom is, poor people, poor communities, poor nations, have their troubles...because they are poor. What they need is to be rich, and the problems are done.

Well...state-run lotteries have been around for over 55 years, now; and the dozens of poor people who won millions, and destroyed themselves or died, should have told us that.

The WORST thing to do to someone who is poor, is GIVE THEM UNEARNED MONEY. That is, huge amounts of money for which no behavioral change was demanded or required.

This shows it. European history shows it - Spain discovers gold in Mexico; quickly carts so much of it home, and in a generation, the Spanish empire is destroyed.

I'm "poor." Low income. (Relatively) low savings. But I live well...I eat well, live in a nice environment, have no debt; have money for recreation in moderation.

Because of my habits - mostly learned the hard way. THIS is the key - it's personal discipline and habits of restraint, cleanliness, thrift, empathy, adherence to social standards that benefit all. Much of which is lacking in the Third World.

Poor people are not poor because they have no money. They are poor because their habits and ways of living, do not bring them prosperity; and if prosperity is given them, with their habits, the wealth, and many lives, will both be lost.

Ghana has a gold rush, and it's destroying what there is of their cultural fabric.
 
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