Up to 150 of the estimated 30,000 illegal miners were shot from helicopter gunships.

Many illegal miners in Mongolia are referred to as ninja miners.

He estimated that about 3,000 illegal miners work underground in the mines in Welkom alone.

More than 2,000 illegal miners may converge on a site when there is a reported gold find.

Production from Marange is controversial due to ongoing legal wrangles and government crackdowns on illegal miners.

The government launched police crackdowns against illegal miners and smugglers several times since December 2006.

Sounds to me like your captain is just trying to recoup a bad investment since he's lost their services as illegal miners.

Parry met and lived with tribes, coca growers, loggers and illegal miners during the six part series.

However, the site was threatened by illegal miners looking to develop the mineral resources.

Some 360 park rangers protect the park and its wildlife from poachers, rebel groups, illegal miners and land invasions.