{"id":3313,"date":"2024-06-12T10:02:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T10:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/?p=3313"},"modified":"2024-06-12T10:02:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T10:02:47","slug":"gold-refinery-in-ikolomani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/2024\/06\/12\/gold-refinery-in-ikolomani\/","title":{"rendered":"GOLD REFINERY IN IKOLOMANI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Dinah Rose<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For years in western Kenya by the conventional\u00a0methods employed are not so modern with access to this old holes <\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1040\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-41.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-41.png 1040w, https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-41-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-41-1024x620.png 1024w, https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-41-768x465.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1040px) 100vw, 1040px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p> The heaps of soils dug\u00a0 from the holes are said\u00a0 to contain pressure stones and the process of separation is tedious. The soils are mixed with water and sieved before the contents are again mixed with mercury for further separation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To turn around the venture, a 5.8 billions shillings\u00a0refinery, is set to be constructed the area with the\u00a0 aim\u00a0 of adding value and to do away with the middlemen and brokers. In such one mining centers in Ikolomani\u00a0 men and women are on sides and have registered mixed reactions about the refinery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Mining in western Kenya has been unregulated\u00a0brokers taking over and the small scale miners may have unknowingly incur losses due to under evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a gold testing laboratory will be constructed too and the refinery according to the ministry of mining is a game changer and the artisinal miners will be required to join coorperatives&nbsp;before licensing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mines have also been depth\u00a0\u00a0traps due to their poor states\u00a0especially during the rainy season and due to lack of modern equipment and safety care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dinah Rose For years in western Kenya by the conventional\u00a0methods employed are not so modern with access to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-western-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.11 - 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