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The Challenges of a Public Private Partnership in the Mining Industry
I think it's important for people to understand what the problems are first. The artisanal is small scale miner ecosystem in the world is very complex. We're talking about 2,000 tons of mercury being used roughly nobody really knows how much every year getting into the lungs of the kids or getting out in the Amazon or any river in Asia. So by making the change more direct the selling directly from the small mine directly to a reputable refiner and then this refiner can sell directly to the brands we are removing a lot of the issues.
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