A joint investigation by The Associated Press and The Gecko Project has found that cyanide, arsenic and copper repeatedly leaked from a facility run by the largest gold miner in Liberia in recent years. The leakage occurred at levels that Liberia’s Environmental Protection Agency described as above legal limits. That's according to EPA reports that were taken down from its site but later retrieved, as well as interviews with government officials, experts and former company employees. Liberia's recently dismissed minister of mines says he is “appalled by the harm being done to our country." The gold enters international supply chains.
