News > Mountain where soil is '60-90% gold' discovered in Congo, villagers flock area with shovels and pickaxes

Mountain where soil is '60-90% gold' discovered in Congo, villagers flock area with shovels and pickaxes

07/03/2021 03:53 PM | Click to read full article

A video shared on social media by freelance journalist Ahmad Algohbary shows dozens of villagers flooding the mountain in Luhihi, which is located in Congo’s South Kivu province, following the discovery of the gold-rich area.

In one of the videos, the locals are seen using shovels and other tools to dig the ground in a bid to extract gold from the soil. Some were even seen using their bare hands.

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