Ref. : RIVA-RIJASOLO-BELAMBO-007087

Title : GOLD MINE BELAMBO

Caption : 07/06/2009 - Belambo, MADAGASCAR - The “washing” process. The action separates the earth and (black) iron until the gold powder can be extracted, using water from the surrounding rice paddies. The long, painstaking process is usually women’s work. Photo : Rijasolo / Riva Press.

Photographer : Rijasolo

Date created : 07-06-2009

City : BELAMBO

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Country : MADAGASCAR

Keywords : ambatolampy, belambo, digger, gold, gold rush, Hauts Plateaux, landscape, madagascan, Madagascar, Malagasy, Malgache, mine, miner, minerai, mineur, or, paysage, quarry, ruee vers l or