PDF Smallscale mining and alluvial gold panning within the Zambezi Basin ...
haphazard nature of the activity and its intense dependence on water for the panning process and firewood for fuel has resulted in uncontrolled siltation of rivers and other water reservoirs ... Smallscale mining and particularly alluvial gold panning, as currently structured, is an open access, nonproperty regime. This is largely due to the ...