Guinea Arrests More Than 1,200 in Crackdown on Illegal Gold Mining

By: GOLD MINERS CLUB Conakry, 9 November 2026 More than 1,200 people have been arrested in Guinea’s key gold-producing region amid a crackdown on illegal mining, according to a government statement. The operation is one of the largest enforcement drives against artisanal gold mining in West Africa in recent years. It is already causing a […]