Guys this is a much bigger problem.
I stumbled across this when I was in somaliland looking to make money.
Apparently there are dozens mining operations most of them artisinal and small scale.
The locals are robbed because they are getting payed peanuts, and there is fierce competition from the buyers .
The market is crazy and all mostly underground some are officially registered and pay tax to the government.
I was shocked to hear from someone from the government that approximately $100 million worth of gold was mined and exported from somaliland in the last 5 years alone.
This is only from the operations the government knows about and taxes.
Naturally after this I dived all in, for the last months been planning and I leave next month .
The country is full of virgin deposits of high quality.
We have rare earth's like niobium, tantalum the country is full of them.
I've tested 2 different deposits myself.
And gold the country is full of gold, I've seen 5 deposits.