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eISSN: 2581-9615 || CODEN: WJARAI || Impact Factor 8.2 ||  CrossRef DOI

Research and review articles are invited for publication in April 2026 (Volume 30, Issue 1) Submit manuscript

Assessment of the impact of gold panning on bacteriological parameters, heavy metals and cyanide in the waters of the Niger river in Guinea

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Ousmane Koya KABA 1, *, Honorine Rachel CAMARA 2, Bintou KONATE 3, Kalaya GOUMOU 4 and Abdoulaye KEITA 5

1 Kankan Regional Water Quality Laboratory, Ministry of Energy, Hydraulics and Hydrocarbons, Republic of Guinea.
2 Director of City Administration Gamal Abdel Nasser University, Conakry.
3 Laboratory of Applied Geology and Environment, Higher Institute of Mines and Geology of Boké, Republic of Guinea.
4 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Julius NYERERE University, Kankan, Republic of Guinea.
5 Doctoral School of Science and Technology, Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, Republic of Guinea.
 
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 23(03), 1733-1741
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2024.23.3.2743
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2024.23.3.2743
 
Received on 31 July 2024; revised on 11 September 2024; accepted on 13 September 2024
 
Artisanal mining, or traditional gold panning, plays a key role in Guinea's socio-economic activities. Today, this ancestral activity has undergone changes with the introduction of new extraction techniques that affect the population's living environment.
The aim of this study is to assess the impact of artisanal mining on bacteriological parameters, heavy metals and cyanide in the waters of the Niger River in Guinea.
To carry out this work, we chose five (05) sites (sampling points), taking into account the intensity of the mining activity taking place around them and on the Niger. We took fifteen samples to determine bacteriological parameters (fecal coliforms, total coliforms and Escherichia coli), free cyanide and certain heavy metals at the regional water quality laboratory.
This study enabled us to determine the impact of gold panning on bacteriological parameters, cyanide and certain heavy metals in the waters of the Niger River in Guinea, and to identify possible solutions.
Conclusion and outlook: Analysis of the results shows that, overall, the water sampled is of good quality. However, some parameters at certain measurement sites showed signs of pollution.
 
Bacteriological; Cyanide; Impact; Metals; Gold panning
 
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Ousmane Koya KABA, Honorine Rachel CAMARA, Bintou KONATE, Kalaya GOUMOU and Abdoulaye KEITA. Assessment of the impact of gold panning on bacteriological parameters, heavy metals and cyanide in the waters of the Niger river in Guinea. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 23(3), 1733-1741. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2024.23.3.2743

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