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East DR Congo gold venture aims to stamp out illicit trade
East DR Congo gold venture aims to stamp out illicit trade
Business and Economy
by  AFP

In sweltering heat in a small building in eastern DR Congo, technicians cast molten gold into ingots as traders nearby haggle over the day's price for the precious metal. In the baking-hot building adjacent to Primera Gold's headquarters, a technician took a crucible of liquid gold from a furnace and poured it into a rectangular mould.