Miners warn against illegal mining
The Miners
Association of Nigeria has cautioned against illegal mining, saying the
lead poisoning in Zamfara that reportedly killed 163 persons, was
regrettable.
National president
of the association, Sani Shehu, said on Tuesday in Jos, that the
incident, which occurred in Anka and Bukkuyum Local Government Areas of
Zamfara was “purely a result of illegal mining.”
“Most minerals contain one level of impurity or the other,” he said.
“Some of these impurities are radio-active in nature. Some of them
release poisonous gases that are not visible. That is why when you are
operating a formalised form of mining, issues like safety,
radioactivity, and other poisonous gases will be discussed and
addressed. At the sampling level, certain information like the safety
of the place, the associated impurities in the mineral and protection
method, if dangerous, would have been revealed in the plan and the
design before the mining process.”
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