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Miners at work reflected in a mud pool in Chudja mine in North eastern DRC. The Mine site was originally identified for exploitation by artisinal miners in 1998. They abandoned the site during teh war when a shortage of labor and insequrity forced them away. In 2005 it was opened again. More than 2,000 people work daily in this mine..
© Brendan Bannon 2009