China

Ninja Mining in Mongolia's Far North

Posted on March 06, 2012
The Landscape of Northern Mongolia Photograph by Andrew Rowat

Two lone tents are located a few hundred yards from a gulley where artisanal (and illegal) gold mining is going on. Men, and some women, have flocked here from all over the country to try to make their fortunes in this frontier land.

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