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In this sand you can find manganese and coltan. It’s a precious mineral, of course. But we have to sift the sand and carry it down to the river where cleaners can wash it...
Almost 250 miners work here. they work everyday but they can rest on Sunday or on Saturday, as they prefer...
Those people you see carrying the sack on their shoulders, they're carriers...
Carriers bring the mineral down to the river. They work here from 7 am to 5 pm...
