MBMM in West Africa introducing mercury-free methods, in partnership with Pact (Part 2)
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- Опубліковано 12 січ 2024
- Join Jason for Part 2 as he embarks on a mission to Mauritania, West Africa, to introduce mercury-free mineral processing.
This video provides an insider view at MBMM’s recent support for to a development project by the non-profit Pact, working together to demonstrate mercury-free mineral processing solutions for the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector. Did you know the ASGM sector directly employs an estimated 20 million people around the world? The ‘informal’ gold sector employs more individuals than the industrial mining sector, and by a huge margin.
In this video series, Jason is providing consulting services for Pact’s development project, which is financed by the European Partnership for Responsible Minerals. Jason’s state-of-the-art mineral processing equipment is installed in Mauritania and is tested head-to-head against local methods which rely heavily on the use of toxic mercury. This unique development project approach was conceived by Pact, and through private sector partnership with Pact’s local partner Magma, and their gold focused entity named Sahel Clean Gold. Check out the weblinks below to learn more.
This video showcases the unique setup enabling mineral test-work in the ASGM context. The approach employed by the project partners enabled controlled testing and sampling methods, to directly compare the efficiency of different methods, and to design a locally adapted solution, for the Mauritanian context.
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Sahel Clean Gold website: sahelcleangold.com/home
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Keywords: Mercury-Free Gold Mining, Gold Recovery Methods, Eco-Friendly Mining, Ore Processing, Gravity Concentration, Sustainable Gold Mining. - Наука та технологія
I hope they ditch the mercury, the guys processing the ore will live longer, healthier lives if they do.
Mercury and/or Arsenic are the devil deal for the gold.
I feel for the guys whose job is open-air mercury incineration .
Don't quote me on this, its what ive been told by a dozen or so scientists,Doctors, experts etc.they say the general handling of liquid room temperature mercury is relatively safe .
What's deadly AF is exposure to mercury vapors . Smoke and atomized mercury is easily absorbed/inhaled and it will eventually unalive a person .
Wash your hands after handling it because eating it Deadly as well.
The regular content is amazing, then I find out you are actively working to improve mining around the world too! I love these. Love the channel. Tha k you for all you do
You sir are a legend, not only will they provably get more gold but the entire industry will live healthier longer lives as a result of adopting your methods.
Here's hoping that the locals will start using it.
It's awesome to see the side by side comparisons of the two gold recovery methods. I'm super glad that you can go and help these countries move away from using mercury in the gold processing system
I get the feeling these countries don't care and would go back to mercury as soon as the machines break down. They really have a different cultural value of life than we do
Seeing people handle mercury like that is mind blowing.
Yes it is mind blowing how many people think metallic mercury will kill you dead. We overstate the danger, and because of that we create the problem of people think that there is no danger.
Elemental mercury is not bioavailable and is therefore not toxic. ...keeping it that way is a whole different story, though.
The miners don't have issues from mining. It's the runoff (which Jason demonstrated is significant) that's the real problem. Burning it off for refining is horrible, too.
@@nolanwhite1971 Yeah handling the mercury isn't much of a health issue unless they have open wounds or something, but the process of burning it off from the amalgam definitely is. Maybe not enough for acute toxic effects since they're doing it outside, but that'll definitely give you chronic issues over time...
@@nolanwhite1971 Kinda like that Monsanto guy who said Roundup was safe to drink and the interviewer produced a glass and said drink it. All Mercury is poison what matters is the dose.
Jason, did the Chilean miners all "OH Shit!!!" when they saw how much you panned from that one tailing sample? Just recovering that waste would increase their yield by so much!
17-18% is a lot. The method you showed them will make enough difference they are likely to adopt it. It will pay them to do so.
Hello Jason . Way to go Jason helping educate the people in safe gold recovery and saving them and the environment from all that mercury 👍🏾🌵😎
Even though the shaker table/gravity and smelting method resulted in a better yield... it's going to be hard to get them to change over night, like the saying goes: (old habits are hard to break). That said it's so good that your making such positive inroads in Africa. 👍
Super interesting content,and doing some very valuable service too. Good job Jason.
This used to be the primary means of retrieving gold from ore, there are lakes in Arizona that are still contaminated from old mines the Spanish operated. I cannot imagine the amount of mercury these processors are exposed to, or the number of downstream rivers and lakes that are polluted for decades
and the ground around the processing area and mines is heavily contaminated unless and until it is removed and remediated.@@garysmcdermott
I have been watching this channel for 4 years now. Very informative. Jason also has a business and another channel making lumber with cedar trees.
Great work Jason! That mercury filtration through cloth with bare hands followed by burning off the Hg in the alcove with a Mapp gas is terrifying! I had a read of the report, looks like it's a no brainer apart from the upfront cost to the operator? I imagine many of these companies are running on minimal initial capital and on going costs are more acceptable than initial costs? It would be very interesting to do a follow up report in 18 months and see if anything has changed. Excellent work on your part! If these methods are adopted, it will make significant improvements for the local operators across the board.
So glad to see this Jason. I know this is how MBMM makes its real money outside of your incredibly interesting personal videos, but this is important stuff. It just gives me the willies watching them use mercury in 2024 that way. I wish you and them success in every way!
So much heavy metals and poison to recover a minimal about of gold. All the effort and human cost as well as the environment.
Jason your doing good work there
I just hope you left those poor workers your gas masks and safety gear to try and protect them as much as your could as you left.
I know you would have and I really admire your workin Africa.
Your making a difference.
Good for your sir!
Good for you!!
If anyone can help these folks, it's people like you Jason! Inspirational video!
You cant help people who work for the ''devil''. African mining will always will be painted red.
I am not against helping your neighboor but who benefits from archaic mining methods and broken economies?
Would you conciously work for malignent overlords if you had another option?
Take these people away from gold mining if you want to help them and make the bosses handle the mercury!
Mercury seems to work at consolidating the found gold. Your process will save many lives, I bet.
Great job Jason, change is hard but well worth it for profit and health, thanks for sharing.
Interesting the amount of Mercury escaped in the tailings.
I did not see 1 Retort to capture the Mercury off gassing 😢. Not only is the Mercury bad for everyone its rather expensive for them to obtain. While you were there did you build them a Retort like Parker did for the S.A. miners?
Very good idea, I was thinking about that as well,
@@brandonjohnston7746the goal is to remove mercury from the process entirely
Very well done Jason this was a very informative and interesting video thank you for sharing this six stars
Respect to those trying to clean up the basic mining methods they're using at that site. Hopefully they'll be confident enough to now drop using mercury and go with a cleaner option.
I think its awesome you are educating them on more sustainable methods of smelting. Its important for their health and environment.
You are so good at applying scientific principles to your work. Well done and very entertaining at the same time! This could be Nobel prize stuff!
That single handed pour Jason did at the 27 minute mark, if you look closely at the surface of the molten slag, it made a smiley face then its eyes exploded. Nice pour man! I think the gold is happy...
You can't help but wonder about water quality for everyone down hill
Phenomenal work and really shows the value of science and technology
It would be interesting to build a Shaker Table with a Recirculation Loop on a 20:1 Turndown Ratio.
This allows Material to pass through the System multiple times. This is a Continual Process Loop.
The way it's being done now (and for the last lotsa thousand years) is a Batch Process Method.
The process might be more efficient and faster to run a Coarser Grind and then send the Material not in the #1's back through the Hammer Mill.
This truly made my day! I am no longer involved with gold other than as a hobby, but I've always hated to see so many with exposure to this extremely dangerous method. I've seen interviews with folks who had severe nervous system deterioration. Super awesome jason!!!
The report is inconclusive but was written by locals so as good as you can expect. Contamination of the roller mills is the problem. You need to convince the miners to do a scientific test not a "good enough" test. If the shaker table was missing 25% of the gold it would be visible in the tailings, the 25% never made it to the table.
Jason, thank you for your contribution to better mining practices in Africa.
Good work Jason. Two questions please. How is the time comparison and the acid only cleans the surface? It doesn't purify? I need to go back to your videos, I remember you covering that.
So Awesome, this planet needs more people like you.
I've been watching your channel for several years, and I gotta say this is the best one yet.
Helping people learning new healthier ways to do mining in developing Counties .. simply Amazing! ❤
Going to be a shock going from that climate back to Washington. Have a safe trip.
Everything you post is solid gold, keep it coming!!
I'm stoked to hear about projects to do things like this.
A much smarter, much safer and much more productive approach. Bravo, Jason. You build great gear and know how to use it. Those cone mills are terribly slow but they do the job.
Jason, great thing you're showing these folks, hopefully they rid the use of that mercury NG for them & the earth....get every grain ya can & don't forget to promote a Prospectors Beard, even the mountain goat style! Lol! ⚒️💪👍⚖️🤠
Jason, in Sreetips 3 newest videos, he has left the map gas torch on the center of his pours. Letting them cool from outside in in layers to finish the top. Worked on both gold and silver bars. Comes out neat! Thanks for showing the initiative for these people.
I remember when I was 15 in 1955, the teacher passed a little bottle of mercury around the class and we each opened it and handled it in our hands. A teacher would probably be jailed for doing that today.
Good work showing better ways to recover gold!
Definitely more environmentally friendly! I would recommend customizing some crucible tongs, some that conform to the crucible providing better support. That one used came with the smelting kit, it has a major design flaw. The crucible deteriorates after some use, having to pour with those tongs will eventually break the edge causing a spill!
That is some very interesting results at the end, Jason. Anytime you can do recoveries without mercury, is a plus in my book. The nursing part of me was screaming at my phone, when the man squeezed out the mercury without gloves on. That is extremely dangerous. At a hospital where I worked, a patient became unstable and almost died from mercury poisoning. Apparently the blood pressure gauge, mounted on the wall at the head of the bed, had lost its 'cap' over the mercury containment portion. A small amount had gone into the patient's bed. About 6 hours later, she was deathly ill and covered in a red, raised rash. The problem was that no one could figure out what was going on and thought it was a medication reaction. Nope. Mercury poisoning.
I appreciate that you shared this video and are helping these miners to get the most gold out of their ore without mercury. It's like saving a life to me. Blessings from Alabama ❤️
Super rad video. Thank you for showing us the raw life version 👍🏻 stay safe out there😉
Awesome work Jason congratulations Sir.
Great vid Jason, and Teaching to the rest of the world, shows you are a great person
The results are meaningful to those people.
A great demonstration of occupational safety and environment protection while working with mercury !
Hell yeah Jason. Good on you for spreading the methods to help these miners
Jason thanks for helping out doing good things for the mining community 😊
If you put a cardboard between the crucible and the brick in your furnace you won't have the crucible stick to your brick and it will lift easy and avoid spills
This is great Jason, well done. If you can reduce the use of mercury in gold recovery in west Africa that would be amazing. I was so worried to see that worker heating the amalgam on a metal spoon and no doubt breathing in all the lethal fumes and the amount of mercury in their tailings which I assume are just dumped is a real danger to the environment and health in the area. Keep up the good work!
Very interesting Jason. Thanks again for sharing. Best Wishes and Godspeed.
Jason you always brighten my Saturday morning coffee hrs,
I've seen Parker Snawbel raise this issue, weel done guys
Do you think they will re-run the tailings from the mercury process across your shaker table to recover the gold they lost?
So much damage and health issues from mercury especially when being used carelessly. So many future generations will be affected. It's understandable these people don't have money for new ways to recover gold or the knowledge. I hope mbmm continues to make a difference
Hey Jason, Absolutely incredible! Any possible way to get these third world countries away from mercury is fantastic! Thank you & your partners for helping! Thumbs up! Stay safe! Jim
Saving lives Jason.
IMO they should test a hammer mill within your system. Your mill can pound out in 1/2hr. What their mills take half a day or more, with no contaminants (steel).
Awesome material.
This is an example of other countries GOD BLESS AMERICA
You have a great heart my friend! AquaDonkey approved!
Wow Jason & crew! This is a really interesting video.
That mercery process is just insanely toxic for everyone involved or even nearby!
Glad they are considering moving to a more sustainable process.
What good is it having riches and wealth when you destroy the brain and organs of your body? people who are exposed to chemicals or even your offspring he fathers can have severe developmental problems
Jason I absolutely love that you've jumped in and teamed up with some guys to help fight all the mercury mining. I know from studying mining for so many years it's really gonna be a battle to eliminate all of the mercury mining unless the higher ups were to make laws and that sort of stuff, but it's super cool to see you doing this, it makes for incredible content, with your content with Dan, and all the other guys it's all the best content hands down, man if you were to be able to get together with levi in Tasmania. I bet you guys could come up with some of the world's purest chunky bright yellow tassi gold, I've noticed in robs latest video he got on a pocket of some very unique chunky bits and ended up sniping something like 2 ounces in a day's work. Anyways lol. We appreciate you brother and I love the content your bringing us. I know it's alot of work, that said we appreciate you man, I love seeing the little bead in the cupelle shedding the sulfides and getting sucked into the cup. Super cool 😎
I was asked to go to Africa after returning from filming Frozen Gold for the Weather Channel. I wish i had i had taken that opportunity, but i had a family emergency at the time. ⛏️🇺🇲💪💚😎
DAMN! I can't believe all the languages I'm hearing them speaking in. I hear Portuguese, latin I think, Arabic, French, and what almost sounded like possibly Egyptian.
Great stuff Jason!
Trainee smelter had me worried for a second but he did a good job.
Outstanding! Those workers have no idea the health issues they will have from long term exposure to those chemicals.
I think it’s fantastic that your working with miners in other countries to help them to stop using mercury
That is F'ing fantastic!!!! Excellent work boys!!
Drop the silica. Your adding a thickener to save the crucible. It's a silica crucible , a touch of sodium iterate will increase collector values. It's a wall huh ? Beating traditional methods. Allot of work ahead of you. Good luck and much success.
Vids like this really show why there are such high levels of mercury poisoning over there and contamination of waterways!!!!! 😣 😓 😫
I got an amazing property and tons of land to setup my foundry this year. I'm really looking forward to doing some more smelting and getting the whole line going. I already moved the hydraulic brick machine out there and the neighbor has been busy helping with his excavator to make it ready for us. I've been picking up bismuth and broken silver jewelry for a while to use for collector metal. 😂
Question Jason what would happen if you added soap to your shaker table set up? Your dealing with lots of fine gold would adding it up your recovery rate possibly?
It's great that you can show these guys how to get more Gold and NOT use Mercury.
Hey, this is another cool video. Thanks.
its awesome to see you guys teaching the fellas ❤
Question
Since gallium is a “liquid” metal like mercury would the gallium collect the gold also?
I recall your trip to SA I believe? Quite different recovery method, but mecury's mercury regardless. I hope they're still on your program.👍
Dam nothing more toxic they can do holy crap. Just wondering Jason Can you not have them eliminate the wheel grinder from your system? That is obviously adding steel into the system no? It would speed up your process of recovery too for them or is the material too hard to get it down far enough with just the hammer mill?
Gotta be a way to distill the mercury instead of just sending it off into the atmosphere. Yea science! Yup, Nile Red got you covered.
great rewarding and beneficial to the World trip.
Old utube videos show how to recover boiled off mercury. Cup at end of rod, over covering pipe into water to cool.
623 👍's up mbmllc thank you for sharing 😅
I wonder if the community could put together money for sluices and other gravity methods to provide
The question is: do you think this mine operation will change their processing methods? Big difference between recovery methods.
Reading the report, the two main issues are 1) the upfront cost (6x the current method) and 2) the optimization of the workflow in respect to local settings (trial and error until the best performance seen). The improvement in recovery using GRG vs CMA does mean that they will make more money once the initial investment is paid off.
Thank you, keep working.
Great video Jason.
Nice to see, atta way, Jason!!
Ultra fine panning and it will be 120 minus " scrubbins" your table if there is zinc in the amalgam , it will literally act as a sail on the table.
Very, very interesting, Jason
Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Awesome Jason
JASON FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!! 😄😄😄 lol or at least a nobel prize 😄
If that is steel from the cone mill, would a magnet easily keep it out of the shaker table? Anddddd... You said that later.
It would be more than heroic iv you find a method that helps them reduce the mercury usage...
Jason,
Will they actual convert to the mercury free method?
Cheers,
Rik Spector
Jesus! How many miners there are screwed up due to mercury poisoning?
None
@@JayJay-ii5un Really? Considering how poisonous and destructive it is to the human system... I find that to be nothing short of a miracle.
For some reason that smelting guy looked very aware and happy not affected by mercury at all hope he looks after him self should start wearing gloves an resperator atlest @Ma_Deuce_338
If only they received more more for the 99% of the work they do to get the gold instead of pennies while the gold hoarding merchants who literally do nothing get it all .
What are the cost differences of the two processing methods?
Just curious if you have run the mercury rich tailings over your shaker table? Would the mercury behave in a reliable manner for recovery. And would gold saturated mercury behave the same as raw gold?
I use magnets to help with separation of the heavy materials, ⛏️🇺🇲💪💚😎