Do golden canola fields hide golden riches?
Small-town residents up in arms at plan to look for metals in their idyllic rural landscape
19 May 2024 - 00:00
Notices went up on farm roads near the bucolic town of Napier in the Western Cape this week that cast a pall over residents — a new exploration application has been lodged by a company that wants to mine gold in the picturesque rolling hills around the town...
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