Mongolians Seek Fortune In Gold, But At A Cost
by Louisa Lim
National Public Radio
September 7, 2009
A 21st-century gold rush is taking place in Mongolia.
Its huge gold reserves were only discovered after the former Soviet satellite started democratic reforms in 1990. Now, gold fever has gripped the country, with an estimated 100,000 Mongolians working as informal miners, many of them herders who have left their flocks behind.
But the work of these miners is causing untold damage to the environment...
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