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Runoff from an "arrastra" type mill. Crushed rock is washed away and some gold particles are trapped on a metal sheet covered in a mercury solution. In artisanal gold mining in La Libertad, Chontales, Nicaragua, miners extract ore from open cast and underground mines, and crush and mill the ore to extract the gold with mercury.
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- Nicaragua: miscellaneous