“Tired of living in the shadows,” undocumented artisanal miners trapped in illicit gold market
In 2016, The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe set out to “decriminalize” illegal gold panning and encourage deliveries to its gold-buying unit Fidelity Printers and Refinery (Fidelity Printers). The new policy meant that Fidelity would buy gold from artisanal miners on a “no questions asked” basis through