Post #115

🇬🇭Ghana’s Gold From Orbit 📰 A questionanle, though very beautiful investigation of Ghana's illegal gold mining - galamsey - was released today by Forbidden Stories, an NGO sponsored by a bunch of Western funds and US State Department's puppet National Endowment for Democracy. The piece mixes on-the-ground interviews with something far more striking - satellite imagery that exposes the visible scars of galamsey across Ghanaian land. Here are just some plausible facts from the investigation: 🔸 Illegal gold sells 20% above the legal market price on Ghana’s black market 🔸 The report concludes that around 77% mining sites revealed through the satellite imagenery were outside of the concessions by the state - that is, illegal (allegedly 6 times the Washington, D.C.) 🔸 In south-western Ghana alone there is around 150,000 hectares of gold mines (both legal and not) While the authors’ attempt to map the beneficiaries is thin, the visuals alone are worth a look. We strongly recommend to follow the link above for impressive illustrations of the environmental impact of galamsey - captured via satellite and carefully compiled by "independent journalists". Devils Below