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Mad rush as artisanal miners flood Namayingo for gold

Hundreds of artisanal gold miners and businessmen have converged in Mpano Village, Namayingo Town Council, Namayingo District, following the discovery of gold.

The gold was discovered two weeks ago by a farmer who was planting bananas in Mpano, a Village where residents are predominantly subsistence farmers.

Mr Sulaiyiti Muyinda, who discovered the gold, on Tuesday, said: “I had been excavating holes to plant bananas in my garden when I came across the gold-bearing rocks, and when I took them for processing, I discovered it was gold.”

Mr Muyinda says from a basin full of rock material which he processed from a nearby mining area of Budde, he got gold which fetched him Shs264,000.

He says this prompted about 15 people to follow him back to his village, and that by 8pm on Monday, over 300 miners had converged at his home following the news.