A large area with clearly visible signs of damage due to placer mining, probably for gold. Not asextensive as another area north of this one, but still serious enough to be worried.

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Unidentified placer mining area, Katha District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar i
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Unidentified placer mining area Placer
Katha District District
Sagaing Region Region
Myanmar Country